It may surprise some of our younger readers to know there is a whole generation who experienced the hippie Jesus movement. Many of us are still here and wondering how our innocence was once again corrupted.
❤️❤️❤️ I dont believe in religions but I believe that Jesus was the original hippie - real flower - power child! Peace & love bro!Completely misunderstood by all so called Christians who try to change our society into theocratic tyranny!
Of course we have to remember that the Jesus portrayed in the Christian scriptures is a composite figure that emerged from specific texts written some time after his life. Other unchosen texts can paint a different picture. Having said that I too was, and still am, drawn to this figure, I may not be Christian any more but I love the idealist who preached love and was killed for it.
Thank you for writing about him (and hippies) as it took me back to my youth and pointed towards the future.
The original hippy Jesus is in The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. The plot jumps back and forth between Jesus on trial in Jerusalem and the antics of the Devil in modern day (1930s) Moscow. Jesus giving Pontus Pilot a migraine headache because he is such a hippy, refusing to heed’s Pilot’s advice to save himself.
Kati and Friends - keep searching! Here's a short excerpt from one of my books about our need for Jesus Christ - and you're right, the Bible is the GREATEST story ever told!
“Look around you, Wendy. Everything you see—the sky, the trees, even the ground you walk on—didn’t happen by accident. Imagine trying to create all of this by yourself. You couldn’t. When I was stuck just like you, my friends showed me how I could partner up with the God of heaven who made all this.”
Wendy had grown up in a Christian home, so the concept of God wasn’t foreign. Yet Angelina seemed to be talking about an intimacy with God that she knew she’d never had. “Angelina, I’ve watched you for a few months, and you always seem to have this peace about you, even when you’re in the eye of the hurricane. Is this the same thing you’re talking about? ’Cause if it is, I want what you’ve got,” Wendy responded.
“Well,” Angelina said, “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. But we could probably all agree we don’t live our lives perfectly. We do things we know we ought not to do, and sometimes we don’t do the things we know we should. Right? The Bible calls that sin. And sin separates us from the One who created us. Knowing it’s impossible to live a sinless life, God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to save us from His wrath. Christ loves us so much He took all of our sins—past, present, and future—put them on His back, and died on the cross for our sins so we wouldn’t have to. Now that’s real love.” (Chapter 5 - Some Other Time - a novel on my Substack)
It may surprise some of our younger readers to know there is a whole generation who experienced the hippie Jesus movement. Many of us are still here and wondering how our innocence was once again corrupted.
I was thinking about exactly this!
❤️❤️❤️ I dont believe in religions but I believe that Jesus was the original hippie - real flower - power child! Peace & love bro!Completely misunderstood by all so called Christians who try to change our society into theocratic tyranny!
Great article. I also enjoyed watching The Chosen with Jonathan Roumie and look forward to the last of the series.
i love this
Of course we have to remember that the Jesus portrayed in the Christian scriptures is a composite figure that emerged from specific texts written some time after his life. Other unchosen texts can paint a different picture. Having said that I too was, and still am, drawn to this figure, I may not be Christian any more but I love the idealist who preached love and was killed for it.
Thank you for writing about him (and hippies) as it took me back to my youth and pointed towards the future.
The original hippy Jesus is in The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. The plot jumps back and forth between Jesus on trial in Jerusalem and the antics of the Devil in modern day (1930s) Moscow. Jesus giving Pontus Pilot a migraine headache because he is such a hippy, refusing to heed’s Pilot’s advice to save himself.
Kati and Friends - keep searching! Here's a short excerpt from one of my books about our need for Jesus Christ - and you're right, the Bible is the GREATEST story ever told!
“Look around you, Wendy. Everything you see—the sky, the trees, even the ground you walk on—didn’t happen by accident. Imagine trying to create all of this by yourself. You couldn’t. When I was stuck just like you, my friends showed me how I could partner up with the God of heaven who made all this.”
Wendy had grown up in a Christian home, so the concept of God wasn’t foreign. Yet Angelina seemed to be talking about an intimacy with God that she knew she’d never had. “Angelina, I’ve watched you for a few months, and you always seem to have this peace about you, even when you’re in the eye of the hurricane. Is this the same thing you’re talking about? ’Cause if it is, I want what you’ve got,” Wendy responded.
“Well,” Angelina said, “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. But we could probably all agree we don’t live our lives perfectly. We do things we know we ought not to do, and sometimes we don’t do the things we know we should. Right? The Bible calls that sin. And sin separates us from the One who created us. Knowing it’s impossible to live a sinless life, God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to save us from His wrath. Christ loves us so much He took all of our sins—past, present, and future—put them on His back, and died on the cross for our sins so we wouldn’t have to. Now that’s real love.” (Chapter 5 - Some Other Time - a novel on my Substack)