Electoral Cross Roads

      Of all the silly discussions imaginable, there is actually a community of people speculating about the politics of Jesus.   The discussant quoted at the end of the article has matters more probably right; Jesus was a Youth Voter, aware of what was happening but loathe to get involved in such matters of politics. (This blog suspects he'd still be rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar's, even in Las Vegas.)   Now, if we were still in the Middle Ages, it'd be easier to see Jesus as a Republican, given the frequent association of him with the image of the warrior-king (there are countless icons depicting him as such, armed with a sword and a helmet and a certainly less than sunny disposition), but Jesus, like Hamlet, tends to be a character made more by the interpeting age rather than precise examination of "what we know." There are some things I think we need to remember when we entertain such questions as "what would Jesus do": which Jesus, and how well do we really understand what he was and that for which he stood? I'm pretty sure our answers would be rather insular.   Seems we're always make our god(s) in our own images.

      (With that said, pause for a moment to think of Jesus fussing over a hanging chad. Er, methinks not.)