Christians used to think you'd go to hell for being satisfied with your accomplishments and wearing nice clothes. Cenodoxus burned in eternal hellfire even though he was a kind and generous man because he was too successful and aware of it. Of course, kings and nobles could pay the Catholic church for their absolution to get around this, but there was still a several-hundred year period of Spanish nobles memeing around Europe dressed as homeless men to prove their humility in the eyes of God.
"He who is humbled shall be exalted" - Peter
I'm really not quite sure how modern Christians reconcile their lives with the actual reality of their religion. Most people aren't actually stupid so deep down they have to see the contradictions. I guess it took nearly a millennium of ideological creep as their religion was passed from culture to culture, each one adapting it and imprinting their values on it.
1,500 years ago I'd have totally jumped on the bandwagon and worshiped cynic-Jesus even if I knew deep down he was just a man, because the message was so good. But today's capitalist Jesus? yikes
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