Go listen to Reza Azlan talk about Jesus for a little while. Capitalism, as an economic system, didn't really exist back then. Of course Jesus was making political statements, and political statements were intricately tied to economic statements.
You're confusing the modern era with the era that Jesus was round for.
Also, Jesus, depending on interpretation, may have been thinking the world would end in 50 years, so why bother setting up rules for good governance? The world wasn't gonna be around to use em....
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Date: 2014-05-16 06:41 pm (UTC)You're confusing the modern era with the era that Jesus was round for.
Also, Jesus, depending on interpretation, may have been thinking the world would end in 50 years, so why bother setting up rules for good governance? The world wasn't gonna be around to use em....