Its not impossible that Jesus could have basically stirred up a riot that overwhelmed the Temple Guards, the smaller cadre of Jewish, religious guards dedicated to just maintaining order at the Temple, and managed to escape in the chaos.

Its... kind of implied, out right stated at various points in various gospels, that Jesus basically just has a massive, literal cult following of randos that just show up where he is, or follow him around, beyond the named disciples.

It doesn't take long after the temple shenanigans for Jesus to be betrayed by Judas, arrested by... either Roman guards, or a mix of Roman and Temple guards.

If there is any truth to the varying stories of Jesus life offered by the gospels, fucking up basically the most important public area in Jerusalem would absolutely be something the Roman garrison / prvosional government would crucify you for.

Local religious leaders complaining to their superiors about this Jesus troublemaker guy for months, hasn't really broken any serious laws the Romans actually care about ... and then he does that, now the Romans finally step in.

I may not have a totally historically accurate view here, but I think the Temple was specifically not guarded by Roman guards, as the Jews of the time would have viewed even their presence in the outer area as highly, highly sacrilegious, and instead the Temple itself had basically a small, local Temple guard outfit... sorta like the Vatican Guard in modern times, under the direct authority of the Pharisees.

Presumably the whole scene would have taken place in the 'Court of Gentiles', the rather large open space that is inside the outer Temple walls, but not inside the barrier, the Temple proper.

I'm not saying that this did for sure happen, but it does at least to me seem plausible.

Have you not heard of La Chancla?

Because Jesus did not like the idea of a Holy place being used for base commerce, and specifically for charging exorbitant currency conversion rates, as well as exorbitant rates for various animals such as doves, which were ritually sacrificed to atone for various sins.

The merchants in the outer court were... basically specifically permitted to operate there, authorized by the Pharisees, who in turn took their own cut.

Its... kind of similar to the rejection of indulgences during the later Protestant Reformation.

If you can only be free of sin or ritually cleansed by rituals that require fairly pricey things... and you are too poor to afford what is required for you to undergo that ritual, then you are basically paywalling your spirtual cleanliness, too poor to become right with God.

Ohne zu klicken, Kinski?

And those already savvy w/ AI translation tools, ofc

Yeah, except... it always has been. Since the invention of religion as a placebo against mortal fear, etc. 🤣 Place your safety in someone else, get domesticated, ... , can't bitch later. 🤷🏼‍♂️🖕🏽

I mean, I'm not blaming the parents or surrounding community for abetting centuries of oppression, exploitation, obfuscation, anti-intellectualism, and child rape... but any of them that decry their generations of continued complicity? Are fucking morons and a liability to everyone around them (as a risk of culty behavior, in the least) 🤢

~~maaaan~~

Exactly if they actually followed teachings of Jesus they would be "tree hugging leftists".

Conservatives just exploit Christianity for their own selfish goals.

It's insane to me that conservatives hide behind religion and idolize people with incomprehensible amounts of wealth. It also occurs to me that none of these extremely wealthy people who are seen as leaders have any grasp on the teachings of Christianity and are not concerned with the afterlife.

I'm not saying having wealth is inherently sinful but having the means to effect positive change and instead continuing to line your pockets while the world burns when you already have enough wealth to live a hundred or thousand lifetimes in absolute luxury probably earns you a special place in hell, if it exists.