>>21617769It is somewhat out of context. Despite being arguable for everyone, the context was that Jesus was teaching his disciples, meaning the priests of the church, how to act in the world. "You are the salt of the world" makes no sense if applied to everyone; it only makes sense if it's applied to priests - they are the salt for the masses. The context start with the beginning of chapter 5, which is:
>And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when 1 He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:the beatitudes follow
then followed by:
>12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.which makes no sense if applied for everyone (for multitudes), but it makes sense applied only to the disciples.
then you are the salt of the earth; you are the light of the world.
>20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.again, such saying doesn't make sense for everybody, except for the new priests of the new church that Jesus was founding it
then we have the amplification of the law, murder, adultery, oaths and then we have your paragraph summarized in OP, that it ends with:
>48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.again, this is really harsh and impossible. why would Jesus impose impossible commands unto people? it makes no sense. except... that these are specifically meant for the priest class. it's only for priests. Jesus was talking only to his disciples on the top of the mountain; the masses were on the foot of the mountain.
tl;dr. it's not a cucked religion; it's just that you falsely believe that some things are Christian despite they are not. another example is to give money to the poor. Jesus never said that. Alms exist, but they are not mandatory, irrelevant and unimportant
