During times of ordinary peace, follows and promotes the teachings of Saul Alinsky for the purpose of organizing the community into a coherent voting bloc. The minimum objective of this activity is to use this amassed power for the purpose of obtaining financial, regulatory and legal benefit from governmental and private sources. The implicit goals of the activity includes delivering a payload ideological indoctrination to that group, fostering the usual Leftist outcomes of dependency, collectivism, and the downwards spiral that comes with "progress" through wealth redistribution rather than the achievement of financial independence.
This leads me to address the analogy that Democrats and leftists have recently worn out: "Jesus was a community organizer. Pilate was a governor."
Well allow me to retort!
I'll start with Pilate. He was not, in reality, a governor, at least not as we use the word today. He was the prefect of Judea during the time it was under Roman control. He was appointed to his post, not elected by the people. And he didn't actually govern. His duties were primarily military, and he was also responsible for collecting imperial taxes. The actual government in charge of civil administration was local.
That brings us to Jesus. For most of his life, he was a carpenter. Then, at around 30 years old, he began his ministry. Depending on your views, he became an itinerant preacher, a prophet, an avatar, or the saviour of mankind. His actions were those of a teacher, and did not fit any of the definitions of "community organizer" noted in the post linked above.
The analogy fails, though it doesn't surprise me they keep saying it. Obama is the Messiah after all.
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