After Jesus had said this, he traveled on and went up to Jerusalem. When he came near Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead and said, "Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever sat on. Untie it, and bring it along.They (Christians) say Jesus is 'without sin', however in the old-testament I recall reading how stealing was a sin, if this is the case, Jesus committed a sin -- not only this, but he ordered two other people to commit sins as well. Now, the person that was to have their horse stolen, ended up giving consent, but that does not change the fact that Jesus ordered two disciples to commit an act which is considered a sin. Is Jesus 'without sin' because he is God? and God can do no wrong? Well this would make him by default sinless -- but saying he is without sin, as being a bragging point is like bragging about water being wet. Not only this, but if Jesus was God, why did he not just create one? He created the entire universe, a horse would be child's-play for him -- wouldn't that have been a much better route to take? This would have avoided pushing his followers into being willing to commit a sin, and Jesus could have avoided the hypocrisy. Why is Jesus hypocritical? Well, he constantly speaks of helping the poor, and is a guy of love and peace -- yet he takes someones property, even though he didn't need to. This person would not have went along if he did not feel a sense of obligation or fear towards 'The Lord'. If God can make a universe, he can make a horse -- hell, he could just fly or whatever. This also sends a bad message to 'believers', the message is, anything that 'God's people' need, they are free to steal (if they believe they're on a mission for God), for they believe their actions are what god wants, therefore stealing is not a crime if 'believers' think their actions are divine. Double-standards are great.
If anyone asks you why you are untying it, say this: 'The Lord needs it.'" - Luke 19:28-31
Monday, February 22, 2010
Jesus The Horse Thief
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1 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples; 2 and He said to them, “Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you have entered it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it. 3 And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it,’ and immediately he will send it here.”
ReplyDelete4 So they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door outside on the street, and they loosed it. 5 But some of those who stood there said to them, “What are you doing, loosing the colt?”
6 And they spoke to them just as Jesus had commanded. So they let them go. 7 Then they brought the colt to Jesus