I have to admit I do tend to find it amusing when Christians smack each other around, metaphorically, about Jesus and the Gospels. Bethany Blakely has a few valid points in "Jesus, Taxes and Proof-Texting" but she subscribes to just as many fallacies. In the end her interpretation of Jesus and the scripture is no better or worse than Erika Christakis. The only reason I can see for this dispute at all is that Blakely is a conservative and finds the need to attack her liberal counterpart. There can be no substantial debate on the topic of Jesus or what makes a true Christian since it is so highly subjective and riddled with inconsistencies and outright contradictions. There is no "true" Jesus. Even if you start from the assumption that such an individual ever existed it would not change the fact that there are no verifiable "facts" about him. The only information that does exists was created for the purposes of promoting various religious ideas and doctrines. They are not biographical and do not adhere to anything resembling historical standards of research.
In the end, I fail to see why it should matter that much. Ryan is running for a political office not for a position among the clergy. Of course, it would also be nice if he remembered that.
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