[Ryanderman]

I know this is dragging the thread back a few posts, but I'm bothered by how you all were basically going, "Haha, stupid Conservative Christians who think they're being like Jesus when really if he were here he'd hate them as much as we do!"

I think in the jokes, you were making a couple serious miss-assumptions about Jesus and about Conservatives.

I don't know whether Jesus was a Conservative or a Liberal or a Libertarian or a Socialist. He really didn't say much about the government except obey the law and pay your taxes.

And Conservatives aren't all, "The poor and the sick suck! Let 'em rot!" They're actually all, "It's not the government's place to take care of the poor and the sick, because that would give the government too much power! The poor and the sick should be taken care of through private enterprise and charity!"

You can then argue about whether private enterprise and charity are capable of fully filling the need, but that's another argument.

And actually Conservatives in general, and Conservative Christians specifically, are among the largest givers to charity by percentage of income (on top of tithes to churches), as well as among the most generous in volunteering with charities.

Ya know, like Jesus.