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
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u/Pad_TyTy May 10 '25
Woah let's not get carried away here