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I think in some cases the more distance in time you have from it, the less obvious the politics are.
by D13Fd 3y ago
I think in some cases the more distance in time you have from it, the less obvious the politics are.
- janalsncm 3y agoHell, even the New Testament was vehemently political at the time. Jesus was a political figure executed for political crimes. People like him popped up all the time and were quickly put down. The “Kingdom of Heaven” was not intended to be an abstract place, it was supposed to be a real kingdom to rival the Romans. When Jesus died he said “God why have you forsaken me” because Jesus expected to be the king of this kingdom, not to die naked at the hands of the Romans. All of Christianity that came later (introduced by Paul) watered down this hardcore power politics story into an abstract “spiritual” story. But the reality stands for itself if you just peek beneath the surface.