Jesus is a Liberal Part II

In part one of this series I discussed that I saw a bumper sticker saying Jesus is a liberal.

I think the best argument against this belief is the doctrine of moral relativism. This seems to be a 'holy sacrament' of modern liberalism. No discussion with a left wing liberal can be completed without hearing 'who are you to impose your morals on everyone else'.

Jesus spent his entire ministry dealing with the left out of the world. The Poor, the hungry, a tax collector, prostitutes, etc. Not once did he tell them to continue in their sin. Every encounter was ended with "Your sins are forgiven, go and sin no more". This is imposing his morality on the person involved.

Another huge part of liberal thought is utopianism. This is not unique to liberals, but is dangerous whenever practiced. The thought that would should refuse to pursue the good, in favor of the perfect. Conservatives do the same things but with different subjects. We hear it argued that for the US to attack Iraq was hypocrisy, because we supported Saddam. This is of course ridiculous since we slightly tilted to Iraq over another evil regime in Iran. There was never a serious allied relationship. The same people that believe this like to forget that Iraq was a client state of the Soviet Union. Jesus also does not throw us our for not being perfect. This is what the good news is all about. Jesus forgave us though we were yet in our sin. See the story of Ashley Smith and the Purpose Driven Life.

Jesus may not be a free market Conservative, but he most certainly is not a liberal.