What would Jesus think of this post?

Today I stumbled upon this CNN story, asking due to the Supreme Court deciding on the constitutional rights of the Obama's Affordable Care Act, of what would Jesus say. This is a pinnacle of easy, smart sounding editorial pieces and its been around for years. It draws from the fact that people(journalists) claim that many Americans decide there opinions by asking what Jesus would do according to his accounts from the scripture. So once again its time to tear this piece and pieces like it a new one.

First off I'm Catholic (although a peculiar one) and I believe in God and that Jesus is the son of god. I also admit that its silly but it's my belief. But asking what Jesus, an ancient Jewish philosopher, religious leader and carpenter (although I've never seen a holy coffee table in the Vatican), would think of new changes to the American health care system, even though health care, supreme courts or the web page that the article is written on would be incomprehensible to him. And this is far from the worst example, in fact its not even that bad really, as you can tell from the conclusion but the basic story frame is lazy journalism. 

Jesus is so often cited in all manner of debates ranging from property rights to abortion. And honestly all it does it dumb down the debates. In any broad manner like sadistic murder or the rich stealing food from the poor, its fine but for highly detailed gray areas like the pro's and con's of the universal health care system it's just dumb to cite a Middle Eastern Jewish prophet. Personally again I support the system and the act itself as a positive step forward, because I see it as just playing catch up with the rest of the world which is evident throughout its history with issues like slavery or Don't Ask Don't Tell but that's just my view and it's opposed by thousands of others, but Jesus isn't one of them nor does he stand with me. 

So here's an idea for more lazy journalists, lets cite other people born before the invention of even the printing press, plumbing or democracy. What would Muhammad think of the Greek bailouts, what would Buddha think of the NAACP protests, what would Julius Caesar think of Dawn Dish detergent. Obviously I'm starting to become ridiculous but my point remains the same: it doesn't matter what Jesus would do because he can't even frame the debate because he's not alive anymore. Instead of inciting the thoughts of evangelical preachers or religious studies professors lets go instead talk to the millions of people who either support or oppose the act because they'll be affected by it. 

So all I call for really is to stop the simple religious shock stupidity of people like John Blake, because what he writes doesn't matter and maybe instead of looking through the bible you could look through a phone book and call a person who will actually be affected by this incredibly important debate. 

And what would Socrates think of tebowing.

An Exordium

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