And Jesus Said Unto Paul of Ryan -

[Jude Iam]

And Jesus Said Unto Paul of Ryan ...

Nicholas Kristof MARCH 16, 2017

What would Jesus tell House Speaker Paul Ryan about looking after the sick and the needy? Credit Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A woman who had been bleeding for 12 years came up behind Jesus and touched his clothes in hope of a cure. Jesus turned to her and said: “Fear not. Because of your faith, you are now healed.”

Then spoke Pious Paul of Ryan: “But teacher, is that wise? When you cure her, she learns dependency. Then the poor won’t take care of themselves, knowing that you’ll always bail them out! You must teach them personal responsibility!”
They were interrupted by 10 lepers who stood at a distance and shouted, “Jesus, have pity on us.”

“NO!” shouted Pious Paul. “Jesus! You don’t have time. We have a cocktail party fund-raiser in the temple. And don’t worry about them — they’ve already got health care access.”

Jesus turned to Pious Paul, puzzled.

“Why, they can pray for a cure,” Pious Paul explained. “I call that universal health care access.”

Jesus turned to the 10 lepers. “Rise and go,” he told them. “Your faith has made you well.” Then he turned back to Pious Paul, saying, “Let me tell you the story of the good Samaritan.

“A man was attacked by robbers who stripped him of clothes, beat him and left him half dead. A minister passed down this same road, and when he saw the injured man, he crossed to the other side and hurried on. So did a rich man who claimed to serve God. But then a despised Samaritan came by and took pity on the injured man. He bandaged his wounds and put the man on his own donkey and paid an innkeeper to nurse him to health. So which of these three should we follow?”

“Those who had mercy on him,” Pious Paul said promptly.

Jesus nodded. “So go ——”

“I mean the first two,” Pious Paul interjected. “For the Samaritan’s work is unsustainable and sends the wrong message. It teaches travelers to take dangerous roads, knowing that others will rescue them from self-destructive behaviors. This Samaritan also seems to think it right to redistribute money from those who are successful and give it to losers. That’s socialism! Meanwhile, if the rich man keeps his money, he can invest it and create jobs. So it’s an act of mercy for the rich man to hurry on and ignore the robbery victim.”

“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven,” Jesus mused to himself. “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter heaven.”

“Let me teach you about love, Jesus — tough love!” Pious Paul explained. “You need a sustainable pro-business model. And you need to give people freedom, Jesus, the freedom to suffer misery and poverty.”

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[SonomaPatientsCoop]

Well, setting aside my belief that we are talking about a mythology for a minute... we are discussing the classic dichotomy in "christianity" . And one where we should be intelligent enough to see the hypocrisy in many in our nation discussing Islam.

In christianity we have the "god" of the old testament (for all intents and purposes also the one and only god of jeudaism). A self admitted angry, jealous, and vengeful god who allowed his only son to be crucified.

Then we have the son- who liked to hang around drunks, thieves, the poor, and prostitutes. Who was, in most stories at least, mainly focussed on love, understanding, and forgiveness.

Despite the blanket term of "christians", it seems to me most favor the father- not the son. Indeed, I'd say the sects of christianity that focus on peace, love, understanding, forgiveness- tend to be derided and degraded by "christianity" as a whole.