Christian Nationalism and School Boards

Pinball1970 said:
He thought the world was coming to an end during his life time.

"This generation will not taste death...."
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Even so, he didn't hole up in a bunker nor retreat into the mountains--and neither did he live in a gated community. Endtimers were abundant then, and even to some degree today, but they still have to live in the world.

Whatever his motivations, Jesus seemed to rightly recognize that material wealth, beyond what is needed for subsistence, and abundance do not guarantee happiness, contentment or even spiritual satisfaction. Taking that further, concentration of wealth and gross inequities do almost guarantee discontentment and unrest amongst the vast majority, hence the "need" for gated communities and similar such bullshit. IOW what he lived and preached was very much the antithesis of what contemporary Evangelical Christians seem to value.
 
He died, woke up again, tells the apostles there's a shitload of trouble coming down the pike, tells them to go preach and get martyred, and ascends to heaven.
13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
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I don't see claiming to be king of any nation.
 
Jeeves said:
I don't see claiming to be king of any nation.
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What do you think Messiah actually means?

EDIT: As per before I will save you time. Messiah is from a Hebrew word meaning "anointed one," they anointed the kings head with oil in ancient times. "Christ" is Greek for Messiah.
That is why the Romans executed him, a claim to the throne which was a treasonous crime.
 
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parmalee said:
Even so, he didn't hole up in a bunker nor retreat into the mountains--and neither did he live in a gated community. Endtimers were abundant then, and even to some degree today, but they still have to live in the world
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Possibly, scholars are fairly certain on some of the things he said and did and debate other parts.

As I said previously and the point of the OP, teaching these stories the way scholarship outlines them is fine.
The way the school board seems to be presenting them will be more like preaching a religion.
 
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