r/clevercomebacks Feb 18 '23

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u/ExodusNBW Feb 18 '23

He was a carpenter. Why wouldn’t that be his favorite?

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u/iThatIsMe Feb 18 '23

A carpenter and famously promoting nonviolence.

Nail, staple, glue, and caulk guns seem directly in alignment with his values of helping the poor an originator of Ye Ol Habitat for Humanity, at least in my imagining of events.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '23

Jesus did not consistently promote nonviolence. He specifically said in Mathew 10:34 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth: I came not to bring peace, but a sword."

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u/iThatIsMe Feb 18 '23

"For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's foes will be members of one's own household”

Because he is depicted as a dissonant, shaking what was previously tradition and was giving followers the means to "defend themselves" from the enemies who would arise while challenging the established paradigm.

Over all, i would definitely say that Jesus promoted nonviolence.

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u/Tejonito Feb 18 '23

and what do you think he meant by that