Taking this out of the Political Realm of Parties:
I think that Jesus was both liberal and conservative.
Jesus was liberal or radical with his teachings....teaching the near opposite of what parishioners were used to....
As example: Jesus taught the crowds: blessed are the Poor in spirit, and Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth....while at the time, those who were poor and meek, were taught previously that they were poor and meek BECAUSE they were sinners and God was giving them their due.
Jesus taught the crowds not to be so quick with punishing those that sin, unless they are free from sin themselves...He let the adulteress go, and forgave her sins, then asked her to sin no more....
Jesus took 5 loaves of bread and fish from those who owned it, and multiplied it for the entire crowd who had not worked for it.
Jesus taught them to just pay their unjust taxes to the government, leave government OUT OF their religion....
Jesus taught them to walk an extra mile with their adversary, He taught them to turn their cheek when someone does them wrongly.
All of these type things show a liberal and radical liberal side of Him....imho.
and then, on the conservative side....Jesus believed it was wrong to let your hands go to waste....never be idle....work hard for your employer, even if your employer is unjust, in the name of God.
He believed in following the Law,( only He felt the Pharisees and Sadducee had distorted the law.)
Jesus didn't teach doctrine that was the opposite of Judaism. He added to it, and discouraged many of the practices of the rich Pharisees.
FYI, they weren't practicing the laws of God ether. They had strayed from God and mostly focused on themselves and their standing in the community. Their pride made them make special allowances for themselves. They fudged the laws of God because they felt they were better then the masses.
One change Jesus made was turning the other cheek. Another was giving everything away you have to follow him. But the number one commandment was to love God with all our hearts.
Also, and you might want to pay attention to this on;
he taught his Disciples that if any town or city rejected them (Christians) they were to wipe the dust of that place from their feet, and God would punish them. He also said don't waste your wisdom on fools.
Doesn't sound like liberal beliefs to me.
I'm not sure if you understand what a Conservative is.
Being a conservative means resistance to change. However it doesn't mean you can't change nor are you completely closed-minded. Many so-called Liberals are guilty of both.
Conservatives like to live and let live.
The Liberals you speak of are rare these days.
What you claim are liberals are really
Progressives. Progressives tend to push other people around and try to control their lives. They're actually
Socio-fascists. They are many times racists. They believe that they are the truly enlightened that have the responsibility of making sure the masses are taken care of, against their will if necessary.
Conservatives rarely call for anyone to be silenced. Progressives call for it constantly because they despise opposing viewpoints.
Kindness isn't exclusive to Liberalism, nor is compassion for your fellow man. Modesty is a Conservative trait, but forgiveness is universal. And most of all, charity is not the sole domain of Liberals. If you look at the percentages,
Democrats give less then Republicans do to charity. Maybe it's because more Democrats are collecting benefits or just that Republicans have more to give. Who knows. But many of the traits you attributed to Jesus are not Liberal traits alone.
