What Christianity seems to have become is quite the opposite of what Jesus taught and demonstrated. When Jesus spoke of the “Kingdom of God,” he was really talking about the leveling of power, not the dominance of a new religious sect over others. When Jesus’ followers called him “Lord,” they did so to mock the unjust reign of Caesar, not to replace Caesar with a pope. When Jesus called God “Father,” it was not to reinforce patriarchy or to say that God’s nature is male; it was to shame such an unjust institution by showing men what true love was about. Modern minds don’t get how Jesus turned his world upside-down because we have been taught to take Scripture at face value. Not only is deeper study important, it is essential to understanding. Jesus was as much a lord in his day as a drag queen is an actual queen today! But in my humble opinion, drag queens do more for the cause of Christ today than actual monarchs-- sometimes called by titles such as “President” and “Prime Minister” these days. Jesus subverted the status quo. To follow him is to do the same, no matter when in history you live.
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