Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ‘alternative’ Christmas message
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims to channel Jesus:
If Christ were on Earth today, undoubtedly He would stand with the people in opposition to bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers.
If Christ were on Earth today, undoubtedly He would hoist the banner of justice and love for humanity to oppose warmongers, occupiers, terrorists and bullies the world over.
If Christ were on Earth today, undoubtedly He would fight against the tyrannical policies of prevailing global economic and political systems, as He did in His lifetime. The solution to today's problems is a return to the call of the divine Prophets. The solution to these crises is to follow the Prophets - they were sent by the Almighty for the good of humanity.
How typical of a Muslim to completely mistake what Jesus stood for. Of all things, Jesus would not, and more importantly, DID NOT fight the tyrannical policies of prevailing global economic and political systems.
When Jesus first came to prominence (i.e. his triumphant entry to Jerusalem about a week before he was killed), people like Judas Iscariot thought Jesus would stand up and lead a rebellion against the Romans and their "tyrannical policies of prevailing global economic and political systems". When they discovered he would not (as evidenced by his frequent mention of how he is going to be killed soon), they (i.e. Judas Iscariot) decided to betray him and make a few bucks.
How typical of a Muslim to take the exact some path of logic that led Judas down his famous footsteps.
P.S. Frankly, I don't know what Jesus would do in the modern world (except if he came as a part of the Second Coming, in which case what would happen is foretold in the Revelation). But regardless of circumstances, I think it is a fairly safe bet that Jesus would not perform any acts of physical violence or offer any physical resistance to the forces of oppression.
Frankly, that's not my cup of tea (I believe in violence—at least in retaliatory violence), but to say anything else is to lie, in fact, the worst kind of lie: the blasphemous lie.