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Post sparks reflection on why Jesus threatened the Roman Empire

Original: The thing that made Jesus so dangerous to the powers of his time that they determined to kill him, was that he brought t

A widely shared reflection argues that Jesus was killed not for theological reasons but because he organised society's most vulnerable people — widows, orphans, the disabled, refugees, women, day labourers and other dispossessed groups — in defiance of an empire built on their oppression. Readers are debating whether his real threat lay in solidarity with the marginalised rather than in doctrine.

Why now: The post reframes a familiar religious story in political terms, prompting discussion among people drawing parallels with present-day politics and social justice debates.

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• The thing that made Jesus so dangerous to the powers of his time that they determined to kill him, was that he brought together the widows, orphans, disabled, refugees, eunuchs, women, illiterate, day laborers, and all the dispossessed the Empire had worked so hard to oppress;… · ned@tech.lgbt · 3

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