Does Jesus want us to be patriotic?

I don't think he does. For example, when he says "pay unto ceaser..." I think that's a dog whistle basically saying "the kingdom of heaven makes your petty concerns of state and country seem irrelevant"

I dunno, what do you think?

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LordShadowfire · M

Yeshua bar-Yosef was no patriot. That was partly because Israel was under Roman occupation. But his point was to focus more on helping other humans than worrying about which candidate will really piss off those people you hate.