In the story, they are the Sadducees. Jesus scoffed at them. He went up against the Pharisees more, but that’s something like a modern American leftist arguing against the Democrats. They tend to agree 95% of the time, at least on paper.
When I used to, like, try and be a good person, I often got to point out to Christians that I was the closest thing they would ever meet to their messiah. Watching their faces was so fun.
Modern conservative Christians would have hated Jesus. Seriously.
In the story, they are the Sadducees. Jesus scoffed at them. He went up against the Pharisees more, but that’s something like a modern American leftist arguing against the Democrats. They tend to agree 95% of the time, at least on paper.
When I used to, like, try and be a good person, I often got to point out to Christians that I was the closest thing they would ever meet to their messiah. Watching their faces was so fun.