Sociologists are people who look at society and see how it works, how the people within that society interact with each other. After analyzing, we understand how to make the world the way it was intended, with humans being stewards over creation, and people looking out for other people. God never intended there to be class distinction, sexism, racism, or any other ism. God is not, contrary to popular Western thought, a Capitalist god or even an American god (meaning that he favors America or American way of life over all others). By the time that Jesus entered the scene, there was all of that and more going on, he saw all this and acted to bring the world to rights, giving us a model to follow in our our own lives.
Sociologists do not generally focus on the future but live in the present to make the future a better place. Jesus did this, living with those around him, acting to bring a better future to those around him (ie. teaching them to do what is against the "popular" way, meaning that he taught them to serve instead of be egocentric, to give instead take, to make all equal with not rich/poor, etc.); however us Christians, who are to act as Jesus did, usually do the opposite by saying for instance that women should not be in leadership positions in the church, or that we should tithe to the church to help make the church a better place when we should tithe to help the poor (widows and orphans). Time for the controversial statement if you were able to make it his far without being worried about my salvation, this next part may be socking:
Jesus was a liberal, democratic, socialist. All that means is that he went against what was popular and focused on equality, living with people now, instead of "saving souls". That may be harsh and some may even think I'm a heretic, but that is what I am thinking about right now. Feel free to join the Truth Seekers group to discuss different topics like this and voice your own thoughts. Although comments on this discussion are always welcome.
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