This is written during the evening of Saturday, April 23, the day before Easter - Black Saturday. We are listening to Jesus Christ Superstar, a long time Black Saturday practice in our home.
This morning on MPR radio the Finance Program had a piece on the key role of getting people to think well of self in order to lead to a sale or an increase in power or salary for self. It was noted that such skills are taught in all Business Schools. Success makes demands of anyone who wishes to make her/his mark.
Jesus Christ certainly had a desire to make a difference in the world. Just how did he do his thing? Did he suck up to people? Did he behave in a manner to get loyalty from the disciples and the public followers. So was Jesus actually a brown noser? You know, someone who sucks up to people in order to get their admiration and loyalty. He certainly did get a large following - even though he died violently at the hands of folks who understood how his way was threatening to their power and strategies for world domination o
Jesus certainly did not suck up to the authority power people of religion, government or business. He did not curry the favor of citizens who wanted deliverance from oppressive government or those who needed personal satisfaction.
How did he get anything done without ingratiating himself to people so they would feel obligated to him? Did he actually fail to accomplish what he had in mind? Is this Christian religion an illusion used to create power for those in the know? A Business School analysis would probably say that Jesus as a person got it wrong. He was another brown noser who failed to follow through. It did not make sense to befriend the lower class - the powerless ones who had no handle on the future. As a business manager he struck out. What corporate entity would hire a Jesus? Name one.
The problem with Jesus was that he seems to have had a really long range vision. It could be called, in 21st century terms, a persistent spirit of innovation somehow tied to the movement of the creation. It could be said that Jesus invented a technology of human sense of purpose beyond the limits of the material world and the length of an individual life span.
This morning on MPR radio the Finance Program had a piece on the key role of getting people to think well of self in order to lead to a sale or an increase in power or salary for self. It was noted that such skills are taught in all Business Schools. Success makes demands of anyone who wishes to make her/his mark.
Jesus Christ certainly had a desire to make a difference in the world. Just how did he do his thing? Did he suck up to people? Did he behave in a manner to get loyalty from the disciples and the public followers. So was Jesus actually a brown noser? You know, someone who sucks up to people in order to get their admiration and loyalty. He certainly did get a large following - even though he died violently at the hands of folks who understood how his way was threatening to their power and strategies for world domination o
Jesus certainly did not suck up to the authority power people of religion, government or business. He did not curry the favor of citizens who wanted deliverance from oppressive government or those who needed personal satisfaction.
How did he get anything done without ingratiating himself to people so they would feel obligated to him? Did he actually fail to accomplish what he had in mind? Is this Christian religion an illusion used to create power for those in the know? A Business School analysis would probably say that Jesus as a person got it wrong. He was another brown noser who failed to follow through. It did not make sense to befriend the lower class - the powerless ones who had no handle on the future. As a business manager he struck out. What corporate entity would hire a Jesus? Name one.
The problem with Jesus was that he seems to have had a really long range vision. It could be called, in 21st century terms, a persistent spirit of innovation somehow tied to the movement of the creation. It could be said that Jesus invented a technology of human sense of purpose beyond the limits of the material world and the length of an individual life span.
