I had dinner with a friend last week who is training to be a member of the clergy, and since we had already hit the taboo dinner subject of religion, we touched on politics as well. He told me that people always ask him which party he identifies with, and are very surprised to hear that he is a self-identified liberal. His reason was this:
Whether the mistake is legislative, civic, personal, secular, religious, in the home or on the streets, this is perhaps the most succinct and powerful argument I've ever heard to refute the incessant chest- and bible-thumping from conservative squawkers and the religious right. The next time a right-wing fanatic (whether an anonymous Facebook commentator or a national lawmaker) starts spouting their hate- or restriction-filled rhetoric, ask them this question. Ask them what would Jesus do? If they respond that Jesus never sinned, remind them that he still hit his thumb with a hammer when trying to strike nails.
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