Reply #6: That sermon on the mount message is too subversive, I think. [View All]

[daleo]

Sometimes I think what a lot of people really respond positively to, is that a dissident gets killed for opposing authority. Then he becomes a nice safe wish fulfillment figure, and authority is no longer threatened. Lots of right wing Christians seem to like that message, although they won't admit it, to themselves or others. It is the only explanation that makes sense.