"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Jesus has it in for the rich.

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."
Jesus advocates socialized medicine for the depressed.

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."
Jesus endorses class warfare.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."
Jesus is more concerned about the rights of the accused than protecting our country.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy."
Jesus is soft on crime.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God."
Jesus hates Republicans

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God."
Jesus is an appeaser.

"Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Didn't you already give heaven to the "poor in spirit," Mr. Christ? - Jesus can't keep his campaign promises.

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."
Jesus loves socialistic, terrorist-loving, appeasing Democrats.

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This article was interesting: http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=4594

By now everyone has seen the horrific video or videos of a Oakland BART Police Officer shooting an unarmed, Black man (Osacr Grant) while he lay facedown on the ground and was fully co-operating. The man who was killed execution style was the father of a 4 year old girl and was considered a peacemaker. In fact moments before he was shot he was pleading with his friends who were all cuffed up to calm down and be cooperative with police. Grant was seen begging the police officers who had pulled tasers out and pointed them at the heads of his friends, not to shoot.

For reasons unknown to us, the police officer pushed Grant to the ground. One officer kneeled on his neck while the other officer pulled out a gun and shot him point blank in the back. The bullet went through his back, hit the ground and bounced back up and pierced his lung, killing him. The police then ran around and terrified witnesses by taking away their cell phones and video cameras for 'evidence'. The video which was shot by a witness named Ms Vargus and has been seen by everyone on news stations like KTVU was also going to be confiscated except her train started moving as police attempted to snatch away her camera. The cops obviously did not see the other video cameras buzzing away.

Hey! and a happy Wednesday to you! thanks so much for the promote! ITs great that someone else is feeling the B36 love! I had to try and sift that, those planes are just so cool and kinda scary! Anyhow thanks for dropping by the gold star shindig too. I havent tried out my shiny new powers yet, with great power, responsible yadda yadda. See what happens!

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always a good time to find cool stuff in the discards:

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excelsior, moo!

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"Friday, January 12 2008, soldiers from the Israeli Army displayed their buttocks in an exhibition known colloquially as “mooning” to a Palestinian shepherd and two international volunteers from Christian Peacemaker Teams. The incident was insult to injury as it occurred immediately after settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of Havat Ma’on, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, pushed the shepherd and his flock off the land."

>explain the true meaning of metaphors like those I've pasted below?

Well, they are definitely not metaphors. The books that you've cited from are records of laws of the Israelites of the time. On a personal level I have to ask myself : Do I believe these laws should be followed because they are from books that were compiled to form the compendium we call the Bible? No. Definitely not. And I would hope that we'd be hard pressed to find a Christian who believes that they should. In fact, if we found one, that person would not be a Christian at all. Jesus clearly and directly spoke out against laws like these. I dunno exactly why, but I think those books are included because it is part of the history that lead up to Christianity. In part, they give a basis for understanding why Jesus was so hated.

Here are some of the things Jesus said when he spoke out against stuff like this:

• Blessed are the merciful. They will be shown mercy.

• Blessed are the peacemakers. They will be called the children of God.

• You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." (Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 24:20) But I say to you, do not resist the doer of evil. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well. [Speaking out against the laws in the same books as the one you cited, he's saying that to break the cycle of violence you should be the one to deny retaliation.]

• You have heard it said "love your neighbor." (Leviticus 19:18) But I say to you: love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well. [Again, speaking out against the old laws by first citing from them.]

• Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. [I'll bet that one pissed a bunch of people off because he called them on their b.s.]

• On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered. The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him. But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he rose and stood there. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil; to save a life or to destroy it?” After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored. But they [the Pharisees] were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus. [This illustrates how blinded to love their laws had made them, and how Jesus went directly against those ways in public, and indeed, right in front of them. He was no coward, for sure.]

• So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. [He's saying, "Look, if love isn't the motivating factor in what choices you make, and what you do in life, you don't belong to me."]

In Luke 11:37-54 he really lays into them, right to their face.