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What indeed?
I stand by my statement about Jesus of Nazareth, but remembering what I said about a "worldwide scale," I add this caveat: it only works if everyone puts his teachings into practice. Otherwise, it all falls down sooner or later.
Notice how I highlighted the word all.
If everyone were to follow all of His teachings, we would all be living in small huts, fending for ourselves in everything. We must pick and choose what teachings to follow, and how much of it to follow.
What's wrong with small huts?
And I doubt we'd be fending for ourselves in everything -- Jesus had quite a bit to say on the subject of charity.
Nothing. You might want to think about one
I tell you what. Burn virtually everything you own. Do not give it to others. For then they will be rich, as they would have all your stuff. If all are to follow Jesus, no one can be rich. Always be helping others, 24/7, or as much as humanly possible. But wait, you will need just as much help as everyone else, since no one will have virtually anything. Sleep in a cave, or under a tree nightly, or in a modestly built hut. Hunt and pick all your own food, (since no one would have the means to be a seller, as this would take resources they opted to get rid of, and you would have no means to buy it anyways). etc......
This would be a good start, on your part. You will then be a little more like Jesus, except for the whole 'miracles' part.
I will if you will.
Remember, either everyone does it, or it'll be a bust.
Though it might be entertaining to exchange back and forth, I trust we see each other's viewpoint(s) here? Sure, it's a nice thought, and Matthew 7:12 seems like a great start, for instance. Everyone cannot do all that Jesus asks. We would have economic collapse, just for starters. You must pick and choose what parts to adhere to, more-so than others. Heck, you might determine that some 'teachings' require to be outright virtually ignored - either all the time, sometimes, or less. And if we must pick and choose, then we are ultimately making our own logical/reasonable choices regardless. And if we are making our own logical choices regardless, then why do we need such teachings fed to us to begin with?
The point is that Jesus' moral philosophy is kind, benevolent, and would make the world a better place if we all followed it...
... but that's the catch: we're not all going to follow it, and it doesn't work if it's only done halfway.
My point is that the world would likely be utter chaos and quite primitive, if we all followed all of His teachings... See post #83, just for starters.
You are right, we would not all follow it, whether we are believers or not. But it's a good thing we all do not regardless, as stated in post #83, just for starters.
I'm afraid you've oversimplified Jesus' teachings into something along the line of "Do nothing, make nothing, and live like a hermit." And this is neither the time nor place to correct that in more detail.
True, Jesus was no supporter of the endless pursuit of material things, and some of his later followers took those ideas to the extreme, but there is still some wisdom to it:
Remember, the problem with the Rat Race is, even if you win, you're still just a rat.
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