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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: didjuneau who wrote (224760)	12/23/2025 11:08:19 PM
From: didjuneau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224774

The idea that Jesus was some sort of hippie pacifist is a modernist lie. It is used advance the agenda that Christianity is a religion of passivity, that a "good Christian" stands by while evil triumphs. They say: "Jesus was love, so he was always nice." This is the ranting of… pic.twitter.com/QQ3fL1jaxE — Trad West (@trad_west_) December 23, 2025 The idea that Jesus was some sort of hippie pacifist is a modernist lie. It is used advance the agenda that Christianity is a religion of passivity, that a "good Christian" stands by while evil triumphs. They say: "Jesus was love, so he was always nice." This is the ranting of a domesticated "church". It ignores the Temple Cleansing. When Jesus drove the money changers out, he wasn't throwing sudden temper tantrum. John 2:15 says, "When he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out." Making a whip takes time. You have to sit down, braid the leather, and knot the ends. It requires patience and focus. It's labor intensive. Jesus sat there, calmly braiding a weapon, while watching the corruption around him. He didn't act out of emotional instability; he acted out of calculated, righteous intent. He used physical force to defend the sanctity of his Father's house. Does this sound like a pacifist hippie to you? There is a time for peace, and there is a time for a whip. The virtuous man knows the difference. Being "nice" is not a requirement of holiness. Actually being "nice" for the sake of the lesser good or to avoid conflict and increase what the saints called "fake peace" is the opposite of what a holy man would do. Francisco Suárez, a theologian, said: “War is not intrinsically evil, but can be honest and indispensable, when waged to restore justice and protect the innocent.” This is echoed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (n. 2265–2266). Holiness and heroism are not opposites. A Christian is not a pacifist, a true Christian is a peacemaker. And sometimes, the only way to make peace is to destroy the evil that threatens it. Like Christ did when he cleaned the temple.