Jesus Practiced Socialized Medicine

I don't believe he checked to see if lepers and the blind and lame had insurance or the ability to pay before healing. I don't believe that said people had to go through an HMO either.

I was listening to my fundie land lady go on about socialized medicine and thought this to myself (I don't want her to "find" a reason to kick us out)

I don't necessarily believe he was the messiah I just think he had some pretty cool things to say .But then again I have always had a soft spot for long haired birkenstock wearin hippies who talk about peace and love

He basically practiced voodoo, for lack of a better term.

For what Jesus did to be considered medicine, science would have to be able to test and prove his "methods" and make them available for replication by the general populace. Last I looked, smearing mud on a person's eyes still doesn't cure blindness. Calling out evil spirits from a person's body doesn't cure the dumb. I don't know any reputable doctors who are experts in Jesus-care, do you?

Worse, there was absolutely no social aspect to Jesus' purported healing. He was quite specific in who he would heal and who he wouldn't. Otherwise, as god incarnate, he could have cured all of the world's ills and diseases in one fell swoop.

Come to think of it, Jesus acted more like an über-HMO than anything else.

My Land Lady is an Uber Fundie and if I had been braver I would have countered with the argument above.I do not think that he was the messiah, I dont think he preformed miracles I just like his general philosophy

BTW - I don't happen to like Jesus' general philosophy one bit. Can't get into it now, but my reasons are pretty well expressed by Christopher Hitchens in most of the religious debates one can watch on You Tube where Hitch is a participant.

Yes, as you say, he was highly selective. I'll go you one further and say that he was über-fundie-HMO.

On Earth his existence was more as a mortal; albeit with a closer to connection to God, otherwise his crucifixion wouldn't have meant anything; you can't crucify a God.

His purported healings and teachings had a major social aspect.

Anyone showing mercy regardless of belief was your neighbor, that's what the parable of the "Good Samaritan" was all about.

Furthermore his actions and teachings strongly implied a belief in separation of church and state.

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You would think that being a fundamentalist would mean getting back to the core principals of Christ. Apparently it means rewriting Jesus as a god that hates most of humanity and punishes America for letting them live.

in the name of Allah.

so the conservative establishment found him and his ideas to be dangerous.

not exaggerating. Due to unforeseen circumstances we are having to go back to Austin (yay!) and earlier than expected. We are hoping she will have compassion with our lease (i believe it could be subleased easily since it is close to a college and the school year is about to start)