Political Memes

I sort of mixed some metaphors there too.

Jesus and his first followers were flaming commies, as well-demonstrated by his strong opinions about the money changers and almost everything else attributed directly to him. Thus the “pink to bright red” bit. That’s just me editorializing.

The original red letter movement was explicitly created as a counter-movement to the “prosperity gospel”, the same folks who retconned the ‘eye of the needle’ into some ahistorical bullshit about non-existent city gates with awful UX. The link in my first comment gives more context to the modern movement and wikipedia has a concise article on the historical movement too.

I left organized religion completely because I was such a naive schmuck as a child that I actually thought I was supposed to emulate Jesus in every way possible. You know, a moron.

When you keep running into the tangled maze of justifications for anti-christian social rules, it tends to create cognitive dissonance. That only resolves by doubling down on denial or by letting the whole edifice collapse.

I have learned absolutely nothing since childhood and still foolishly insist that living in a way that is compatible with Jesus’ core teachings is a good idea.