For eight years, Donald Trump has managed to secure the support of many evangelical and conservative Christians despite behavior that has often seemed at odds with teachings espoused by Christ in the Gospels.
the bible says Jesus told his fans that they can’t be his disciple unless they hate their family. also something about obeying their master. sounds very Trumpian to me. but then again, there are no “true” Scotsman, are there? 😜
Maybe as far as the shock value but imo they are completely different. The bible verse is about absolute surrender to the christian god, where anything you might value as highly as god should be made lesser than him in your mind.
It seems like “kill the buddha” has the opposite intent, aggressively reject all notions of “other” or “authority” etc
here’s the verse I’m referencing. nothing is said about loving them more than him. the word ‘love’ isn’t even used. can you please cite the verse where is says what you claim?
Luke 14:26 KJV — If any man come to me, and HATE not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
the bible says Jesus told his fans that they can’t be his disciple unless they hate their family. also something about obeying their master. sounds very Trumpian to me. but then again, there are no “true” Scotsman, are there? 😜
“the bible says Jesus told his fans that they can’t be his disciple unless they hate their family”
No, it says you shouldn’t love your family more than Him. That doesn’t mean you have to hate your family
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke 14%3A26&version=NIV
Sounds like https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810105218155;jsessionid=AC2B8A10B21BE51F1FB06822204746E1#:~:text=kill the Arhat%3B if you,47%2C p.
Maybe as far as the shock value but imo they are completely different. The bible verse is about absolute surrender to the christian god, where anything you might value as highly as god should be made lesser than him in your mind.
It seems like “kill the buddha” has the opposite intent, aggressively reject all notions of “other” or “authority” etc
here’s the verse I’m referencing. nothing is said about loving them more than him. the word ‘love’ isn’t even used. can you please cite the verse where is says what you claim?
Luke 14:26 KJV — If any man come to me, and HATE not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
My bad. https://www.gotquestions.org/hate-father-mother.html should be able to explain it though