Candice

“Jesus was: A peaceful, radically nonviolent revolutionary Who wasn’t American and never spoke English Who hung around lepers, hookers, and crooks Never sought tax cuts for rich Nazarenes Was anti-wealth and anti–death penalty Anti–public prayer, too (Matthew 6:5) Never asked lepers for a co-pay Never called poor people “lazy” Never even slightly antigay Never mentioned abortion Supported paying taxes”
― John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate

“If you want to trigger and enrage Christian nationalists, Jesus will show the way. Stand up for the oppressed, welcome the stranger, love your enemy, fight poverty and injustice, resist violence, and choose compassion. Or just ask them which Jesus teachings justify their politics.”
― John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate

“We’ve all known conservatives who were capable of being inclusive. Right-wing people, not so much. But Jesus was a revolutionary, and calling out the ultraconservative hypocrites among the religious authorities is part of what led to his death.”
― John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate

“Jesus asserts that his true followers are the people and societies who care for the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the immigrants, and the incarcerated. And he tells you who his fake followers are—the ones who are openly religious but indifferent to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the immigrants, and the incarcerated, the lowest of the low. How we treat them is how we treat him.”
― John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate