What would Jesus do?: The rise of a slogan

[Gerald]

The Occupy movement has become the latest to use the slogan "what would Jesus do?", something that has been questioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury. But where did the slogan come from and is there ever an answer to the question posed, asks Stephen Tomkins.Like all the most enduring slogans, "what would Jesus do?" has inspired countless rewrites. There has been everything from political parody - anti-war T-shirts asking "who would Jesus bomb?" - to the beyond parody such as the "what would Jesus eat?" biblical diet plan. The original question "what would Jesus do?" has been taken seriously by millions of Christian teenagers who have worn it over the last 20 years as a reminder to live their life in the right way. But it's now been co-opted by protesters outside London's St Paul's Cathedral threatened with eviction. Particularly in the US, but also elsewhere, it's on wristbands, mugs, T-shirts, bumper stickers, necklaces and earrings, though most of those seem rather to defeat the purpose of reminding the owner about anything.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16068178


Note: 8 December 2011 Last updated at 00:51 GMT

[1480]

What would Jesus do?

Bathe

Work

Treat others as you want to be treated.....

[mookiemookie]

Feed the poor. Turn over the money changers tables in the Temple.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Facepalm, probably.

[Betonov]

I don't know what he'd do, but I'll tell you what he wouldn't do. Anything that is decreed holly by the fat cats in Vatican

[Ducimus]

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[August]

Originally Posted by Betonov

I don't know what he'd do, but I'll tell you what he wouldn't do. Anything that is decreed holly by the fat cats in Vatican

Tell me more. This is the only holly that I know of:

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Feed the poor. Turn over the money changers tables in the Temple.

Not by using government as a vehicle of redistribution. Jesus did not advocate forced governmental "charity". Nor did he advocate "feeding the poor" by using a voting booth as a means to give away other people's money and things. Christ's commandments about the poor are PERSONAL responsibilities, not a collective responsibility. And the leftists perverts this to fit their desire to feel good about themselves for "caring" without actually making any personal effort or sacrifice.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Sea Demon

And the leftists perverts this to fit their desire to feel good about themselves for "caring" without actually making any personal effort or sacrifice.

I see that you're one of these self-proclaimed "Christians" who spends all his time proving that his version is the correct one, and none of it actually proclaiming the Gospel.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I see that you're one of these self-proclaimed "Christians" who spends all his time proving that his version is the correct one, and none of it actually proclaiming the Gospel.

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I see that you're one of these self-proclaimed "Christians" who spends all his time proving that his version is the correct one, and none of it actually proclaiming the Gospel.

Well no. I just find the perversion of the message of Christ and the awkward twisting of it with political socialism as disturbing. One not need be a dedicated Christian to be able to have read and comprehended what the message of Christ was. Christ's commandments about the poor are PERSONAL responsibilities, not a collective responsibility. The rich man was supposed to go sell his possessions and give the money to the poor of his own free will, not have a Government take the money from him and dole it out.

Plus if Christ were a socialist he would have never called Matthew away from his job as a tax collector. There is much in the Bible to disprove the claims of those seeking to rebrand Christ as a Marxist.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Feed the poor. Turn over the money changers tables in the Temple.

and heal the sick. There's plenty of sickos that need healing

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

and heal the sick. There's plenty of sickos that need healing

I'm gonna hold out for the turning water into wine bit.

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by 1480

Bathe

Work

I dunno, what makes you say that Jesus did much of that in his later life?

[1480]

Originally Posted by CCIP

I dunno, what makes you say that Jesus did much of that in his later life?

Dunno, it's merely a supposition on my part. Kind of a sarcastic retort towards the OWS unwashed masses. Along with getting a job and not infringing upon others as they are.