How would you describe Jesus' lifestyle?

Question

Would you consider Jesus' lifestyle comparable to the hippies of the 60's? In what respects? What are the similarities and differences? Were there many hippies that were also christians in the 60's? Christmas has me thinking of WWJD.

Answer 1

He was revolutionary, radical and 'before his time.'



The majority of 'hippies' were Christians, New Agers and into Eastern philosophies, or just too busy to think about religious matters.



--Buddhist.

Answer 2

I would have to go with fictional



The writings began at least a hundred years after his alleged date of death.



I am a product of the 60 ties

and it was not a Christian concept

Hippies were more into Gaia



The Christian boys had short hair

And Christians traditionally are not in to nurturing Nature,but

Rather in exploiting it



The love and peace was preached but rarely practiced.

This is what the whole Hippy thing was about, wanting to change the ruling(Christian) attitude for a more considerate one .



They are still waging war and exploiting Nature

doing the wrong things for the supposed right reasons.

Answer 3

realize of course that i'm buddhist and have a complete different take on this whole story, and i only know of what i have read. anyway, compared to 60s hippies? there are some similarities. he was born into a wealthy family, a trust-funder, he never had a real job. he hung out with fringe-element people, rejecting the established order. some of his friends were heavy into drugs, the mushroom cults. most of his more lucid friends were revolutionaries, these mostly trust-funders as well.



and contrary to what ms joyful noise up there says, he was into eastern religion, as christianity is an eastern religion; certainly not western. but there were many christians among the 60s type hippies.

Answer 4

Jesus wasn't a hippie, for goodness sake. He led a separated life from worldliness, yet humbly taught and ministered to the common people. Hippies were wild irresponsible young people, mostly on drugs, following after the rock stars of the 60's. They sought after Eastern religions....which has nothing to do with Christianity. They grouped together and shared each other's beds, drugs, ect. with no real jobs or rules. The few that went to college, were there because their parents supported them and they took advantage of that generosity by protesting every normal structure of society they could. Hippies did not resemble Jesus in any way unless you think they imitated the clothes of the times of Christ. Jesus came to earth on a mission.....to die for the sins of mankind. Hippies, have only the mission of doing what feels good, gratifying basic animal desires, and disrupting the order of society in general. I can't imagine why anyone would even think of Jesus and hippies within the same brain thoughts.

Answer 5

I would consider his lifestyle as simplistic. He wasn't interested in materialistic things. Hippies were against religion.

Answer 6

Unnatural, in fact probably so unnatural it is supernatural. Now I don't do supernatural so I guess I would describe the lifestyle de Jesus as fictional. Hippies were real.

Answer 7

Sinless.

Answer 8

Totally and complete selfless.

Answer 9

Incomplete.

The whole story is full of holes.

Answer 10

perfect and sacrificial

Answer 11

fictional

Answer 12

inspiring

Answer 13

queer