You Know What I'd Like to See? Church signs that say "Jesus was Woke!"

[MineralMan]

That would help people choose a church that is tolerant, rather than bigoted.

[intrepidity]

1. Great definition of woke, actually

Ayone who doesn't know what the term means need only point to the example of Jesus.

[MineralMan]

2. Yup, and if people don't understand that, just direct them

to the book of Matthew. Read that and you'll know what "woke" means. A person can read the entire book in half an hour or so. Maybe an hour if you have to say the words as you read.

Shocking, isn't it?

And I'm an atheist. But, I know Matthew. When I was a kid in middle school, I memorized the entire book on a dare.

[intrepidity]

5. Also atheist, but wasn't always

Have read and studied the whole bible. Memorizing the whole book of Matthew is pretty impressive, ngl.

[MineralMan]

6. In those days, I could memorize things easily.

Shocked my Sunday school teacher, it did. She didn't believe me, so I started reciting it. When I started on Chapter 2, she said, "That will do, young man." I think she was pissed off.

[forgotmylogin]

23. Jesus was woke. I agree it's good to point that out.

https://www.messagemagazine.com/articles/jesus-was-woke/

To say that someone is ‘Awakened’ in spiritual terms, is to say that they are aware of the moving of God’s Spirit, not just in the lives of people specifically, but also in the world more generally. To define a person as being ‘Woke’ is to declare that they are aware of the racial, social and political injustice that is prevalent in the world around them, and to assert that they are actively involved in and committed to addressing those inequities.

So on the morning recorded in Luke 4:18 when Jesus stood up in His local synagogue and read from Isaiah 61, declaring his Kingdom mission and mandate, we find God in Christ declaring in every sense of the word that he was ‘Woke.’

Not only was Jesus woke, but the gospels make it clear that He ministered in a way that showed that being woke meant serving, living and loving. And yet, Jesus never carried a billboard or led a political protest. He never incited any insurrection against the Temple or Roman rule or even spoke in overtly political tones.

He was a King however, a King who had ushered in a new Kingdom into human reality. A Kingdom that would rule from the inside out exposing the evils within the human heart and challenging us to first live in protest to the evils found there. Observe his approach…

[RoeVWade]

3. I'd guess he's more woke than non-woke. But I'd have to see a breakdown to know for sure.

So I won't say for sure I know.

[MineralMan]

4. Read the book of Matthew.

Most of it is about being "woke." Yes, indeed.

[multigraincracker]

27. Instead of the 10 Commandments

read the Beatitudes.

[pwb]

7. The writing in red in the New Testament is what Jesus said.

Forgiveness is big with him.

[multigraincracker]

28. Not one word in Red about

Gay marriage or abortion.

[LoisB]

8. AMEN!

[MineralMan]

9. Yup. Get it from the source, folks.

[NotVeryImportant]

10. It's true

In more ways than you realize OP.

[Frasier Balzov]

11. Is it okay if people think it refers to the Resurrection?

[MineralMan]

12. I don't think it matters.

If you read the words in Matthew attributed to Jesus, it's quite clear what I mean.

Trouble is, most Christians haven't read those words, or have forgotten them. They weren't suggestions, either.

[multigraincracker]

29. 2000 years ago, Jesus said

there are people here today that shall see my return. I guess we missed it.

[SYFROYH]

13. or "Jesus would slap a MAGAt."

[Hekate]

14. Unitarian Universalists and some others are inclined to "Hate Has No Home Here" banners....

Our friends and allies are around.

[multigraincracker]

30. Great group of people.

Met my new wife there.

[anciano]

15. Likewise....

I'm not religious myself, but the historical Jesus was without any doubt one of the great teachers of morality, tolerance and kindness.

[BOSSHOG]

16. And, we voluntarily give up our tax exempt status

Cause we don’t give a fuck about the separation of church and state.

Certainly doesn’t apply to all. But I’d put the papists at the top of the list.

[Elessar Zappa]

18. In my experience,

evangelicals are a lot worse than most Catholics. 50% of Catholics voted for Biden whereas only 15% of evangelicals supported him. I have a lot of problems with the Catholic Church hierarchy and the Opus Dei idiots on the Court but the rank and file are different in my experience. Btw, papist can be considered a slur, many Catholics have been killed by people yelling “Papist!”. My mom was hit with that slur by Baptists in Mississippi and they made her life miserable.

[BOSSHOG]

33. I was born and groomed catholic

I early discovered that my most important job was to give money to the church on a regular basis. I’ve been a recovering Catholic for a very long time. Rank and file Catholics are salt of the earth but with very little say in how the money is spent. The Catholic Church spent over 4 million in tax exempt money last year in Kansas trying to ban abortion. It was a losing effort. They spend lavishly on mansions for priests. Catholics bristle when I call a rectory what it is. What would Jesus do with all that money? What would he do to those mansions. Convert them to homeless shelters? I’m not as familiar with evangelicals but if you believe instead of know, AND ACT ACCORDINGLY, I don’t understand why you have a tax exemption. The only time I use papist, is in writing and on this site.

I’ve discovered it’s very easy to do the Christian thing without being a member of a church. My wife and I have been very fortunate together for almost 50 years and we are very generous to those in need. And we pay taxes and are happy to.

We lived in Mississippi for 20 years. The religion is borderline intense. We lived near the coast. Beautiful geography, food incredible. But far from family.

Any relation to Frank?

[doc03]

17. I would like to see "'We pay taxes" nt

[treestar]

19. There are churches like that

One near me had a sign saying Everyone is welcome, that means everyone, with a rainbow.

[KS Toronado]

20. "Jesus was Woke!" would make a great bumper sticker also.

[murielm99]

21. Yes it would!

[brooklynite]

22. I don't think a lot of people end up going to the "wrong" church.

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. Honestly, that happened to my parents. They were

sedate United Methodists. We did church every Sunday.

They were visiting a friend in California who invited them to church. It all seemed so innocent. And my parents were really strait. My dad was a tax accountant and mother taught 4th grade.

It was a Pentecostal church. People were talking in tongues and rolling around. It was awful.

[KPN]

25. Hear, hear!

[SouthBayDem]

26. There's already this ad campaign "He gets us"

that essentially sells the “Jesus was woke” message regarding areas like immigration. But it’s a Trojan Horse funded by the same Religious Wrong forces that have been undermining LGBT rights and reproductive choice.

[cannabis_flower]

31. Well said!

Most “Christians” follow the Old Testament and not the New Testament. Or the teachings of Paul.

[dembotoz]

32. might prefer Jesus IS woke

past tense seems just wrong for those of faith.

[MineralMan]

34. Some people might prefer that.

As a non-believer in all things supernatural, I use the past tense to refer to people who were supposed to have lived 2000 years ago. I can only speak for myself, not for others.

In the first place, nobody with the name "Jesus" lived there at that time, so he would have had a different name that wasn't Latin-based.