The historical Jesus Christ was a doomsday cult leader

Thank you for this interesting topic, ApostateAbe,Whether or not Jesus was the messiah that he claimed to be can be questionable, but certainly Jesus should not be demonized as an apocalyptic prophet. My position is that Jesus should be, at the very least, regarded as a commendable moral teacher.But above all, the message that Jesus preached was to teach mankind to live in peace and harmony. He preformed miracles to help those in need, and taught others to live a righteous life. Jesus taught people to be selfless and caring, My opponent has sought to portray the central figure of Christianity in a negative light, by promoting him as a "doomsday" cult leader, who promotes "destructive and global calamity". Although portions of the Bible do prophesize of an eventual apocalypse, the majority of Jesus' teachings promote benevolence and compassion.My opponent Cites:"According to the Lord's word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever." -Thessalonians 4:15-17Also, "And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power."" - Mark 9:1I'd like to point out that the apocalyptic messages issued in Mark 9:1 and Thessalonians 4:15-17 etc. are to serve only as incentives for dutiful Christians to live a rich and fulfilling life.Further referencing the Bible,"He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done." - Proverbs 19:17We can see that, more importantly, Jesus encouraged others to be generous and selfless and that the Lord will reward the generous whether in life or the afterlife."One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed." -Proverbs 11:24-25 "Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." -2 Corinthians 9:7"For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" -- Galatians 5:14These are just a small handful of Jesus' teachings that promotes and spreads a message of love and compassion to the world."Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope" (Romans 5:3-4)."We can see that, although Jesus warns the sinful people that their judgment will come, Jesus also gives hope to the people who are already suffering. It is my speculation, that Jesus' main motive was to make the rich people more generous in so that they can distribute their wealth to the poor. He also taught the poor to work together and have hope for the future. Most of Jesus' negative messages can be directly related to the rich, powerful, and sinful men of his day, But Jesus message of love and compassion is also aimed at giving hope to the poor, and teaching them to live amongst one another cheerfully and respectfully. Call me a radicalist, but Jesus could be considered to be the first Marxist in the history of the world! Examine,Messages aimed to promote the working class:Lk. 3:14 - " Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He replied, "Don't extort money and don't accuse people falsely--be content with your pay." "Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have." -Phil. 4:11Sound a little like "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" –Karl MarxAlso, apocalyptic messages aimed to criticize and warn, the ancient Bourgeoisie:"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many grieves." -Tim 6:10"In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping." -Peter 2:3In the end Jesus sacrificed his life to atone for the sins of man. These are the facts which I will further prove to you in the following rounds, and the majority of Jesus' teachings and actions are simply out of compassion and goodness of mankind.This ends my first post,I will proceed with my argument in this form during my 2nd post, I will also include rebuttals to points my opponent has made.I will prove that 1) Jesus was commendable moral teacher, he may not have been divine, but his intention was for the good of mankind, and that Jesus made sacrifices for the goodness of mankind.2) The effect of Jesus OVERALL message has had a more positive than negative impact on the history of the world.3) The apocalypse may or may not occur. In fact, the apocalypse is nothing more than a metaphor used by Jesus to symbolize some sort of retribution that those who are not righteous, in order to set forth a sense of divine justice.The last post will be used for conclusions, and I hope that no new points or evidence should be brought up.Good luck, ApostateAbe