As I am pious I can tell you why. (Belief is related to these.)
They are scared to death by issues preachers have not corrected.
1) They haven't given all their money to the poor. As per mostly Luke. 2) They haven't been able to restrain their lusts.
There are, for the most part, if not entirely, a matter of 'conscience'. These are, for the most part, if not entirely, impossible to follow. There are, for the most part, if not entirely, ignored in the Old Testament.
And there were quite a few prophets. As for the New Testament...
John and Paul almost ignore the poor entirely. Paul ignores lust. John has a few comments about lust, maybe just one, in his epistles.
There was no broadcast-style publishing then. Those 'teachings' were inserted into the New Testament by the very scribes Jesus condemned, in pretense of conversion. Remember, there was the crucifixion. Consider it an act of war that didn't end there.
The explanation for Luke's communism (also copied into Matthew and Mark) is to burden the new and growing church with the poor. It is probably also related to the next...
The explanation for hate of lust is to burden the heterosexual conscience. For a long time I thought it was to make the church look impractical. But it was because of the hate of heterosexuals. The history of Judaism is that Moses would have active homosexuals stoned. To this day they still carry a grudge, and are anything but neutral; a force to be concerned about. Read Matthew 19, the whole chapter, while interpreting 'eunuchs' as homosexual. Then you will see. It isn't pretty. - mikeRB
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As I am pious I can tell you why. (Belief is related to these.)
They are scared to death by issues preachers have not corrected.
1) They haven't given all their money to the poor. As per mostly Luke.
2) They haven't been able to restrain their lusts.
There are, for the most part, if not entirely, a matter of 'conscience'.
These are, for the most part, if not entirely, impossible to follow.
There are, for the most part, if not entirely, ignored in the Old Testament.
And there were quite a few prophets. As for the New Testament...
John and Paul almost ignore the poor entirely. Paul ignores lust. John has a few comments about lust, maybe just one, in his epistles.
There was no broadcast-style publishing then. Those 'teachings' were inserted into the New Testament by the very scribes Jesus condemned, in pretense of conversion. Remember, there was the crucifixion. Consider it an act of war that didn't end there.
The explanation for Luke's communism (also copied into Matthew and Mark) is to burden the new and growing church with the poor. It is probably also related to the next...
The explanation for hate of lust is to burden the heterosexual conscience. For a long time I thought it was to make the church look impractical. But it was because of the hate of heterosexuals. The history of Judaism is that Moses would have active homosexuals stoned. To this day they still carry a grudge, and are anything but neutral; a force to be concerned about. Read Matthew 19, the whole chapter, while interpreting 'eunuchs' as homosexual. Then you will see. It isn't pretty.
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mikeRB