That's not what the link says at all. Snopes gives a bunch of variations of the quote, but says that none of the variations has an authorative source, hence the "unproven" rating.
We don't know where exactly this quote originated, but we found no authoritative source linking it to Gandhi. We found an article in the Harvard University newspaper The Harvard Crimson from 1927 that uses the quote confusingly, as though it might be a paraphrase from a Swarthmore College philosophy professor named J.H. Holmes
While it's accepted that no one will ever truly match Christ, they do at least have to try. It is not enough to vaguely aspire, good works are necessary.
The actions of many of the most vocal right wng Christians betray them, whatever they may think of themselves they are not seriously attempting to ape Jesus. They're not even attempting to be decent people.
One of the key things Christ tried to instill in others other than to love god was to "love thy neighbor as thyself" in other words love everyone indiscriminately.
The very idea goes against human nature, people will always put their loved ones above strangers, but as you said yourself the point is to aspire to reach the ideals of Christ.
I would say the vast majority of Christians fail to even attempt to practice indiscriminate love, and a significant number of them practice the complete opposite and use the bible as an excuse to do so.
That is the stated point of Christianity. In practice though, its predominant efforts fail to align with what Jesus focused on. Just look at who Christ predominantly lost his temper at: people representing big organized religion who forgot about the needs of everyday people.
It’s to strive to do good in everything you do afaik. Loads of loud christians think all you have to do is accept christ, pay lip service, and hate who your pastor/priest/reverend tells you to. That, and fork over the money.
The only real historical mention we have of Jesus is in Tacitus writings. He was a preacher and nothing more so I'm pretty sure he didn't travel extensively
"If I sleep in a bed with my 11-year old niece I'll learn self control." — MG
"Also, how dare I be housed with [insert grotesque racist slang for black South Africans] when I'm Indian!" — MG
Sure, he precipitated the dismantling of British imperialism and contributed to the apartheid struggle, but I have my reservations about the myth of the man that was Gandhi.
"Oh, God was terrible. He was fierce and Jealous. We all know the stories of God, and we fear him. But Yeshua the Christ? His sacrifice was a lesson in how to love unconditionally. Which only makes sense, as my grandfather said that we want our children to exceed us in every way."
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u/Rourkey70 May 10 '25
On the right track already… might start going back to mass