Jesus was for the common good.

When it comes to life, I don’t like an everybody-for-himself mentality. I think we’re all in this thing together. We gotta help each other. That’s why I’m for a bevy of government-run social programs. For so-called entitlements. For the common good. That’s just me. It’s the way I was brought up. Tutored. Brainwashed, I guess. I’m not a Christian. I left organized religion. Long ago. Because I prefer being an independent. A free-thinker. But still, some of the Christian principles stuck. I still keep asking myself, what would Jesus do? I was taken to the guy’s philosophy. His attitude. His Sermon on the Mount. One thing for sure, Jesus wouldn’t be a Republican. Especially a modern-day Republican. He’d especially take issue with the lunatic fringe. The Sarah Palins. The Michele Bachmanns. I suspect that Jesus would be abhorred by the evolution of Christianity. He wouldn’t want his name attached to Christianity. Especially the forms practiced by religious conservatives. Because in practice it’s a repudiation of his core beliefs. His philosophy. His principles. At best, it pays only lip service to what he preached. Because Jesus was for the common good. –Jim Broede