I’m more trying to argue that Jesus’s teaching does not necessarily push you to that conclusion.
I don’t really think this is a fair standard, or at least it feels like a motte-and-bailey when compared to the post title (“Impartiality is not baked into to Christianity”). I don’t think that Jesus’ teaching “necessarily” pushes self-identifying Christians to believe almost anything.
You write that
Jesus is very explicit about the importance of things like: [...] being humble and meek
But in fact there are plenty of megachurches and preachers that seemingly extract and teach contrary lessons (e.g., Pastor Dollar). There are also many pagan/spiritualist versions of Christianity that embrace very different teachings.
You ask
do you think that impartiality directly follows from Christian teaching?
My short answer is “broadly yes, even if not strongly in all dimensions of impartiality,” as I previewed in my original comment: I think people are inherently (including through socialization) prone to care more about their geographic and ethnic neighbors, but I do not think Christianity strongly reinforces this. In fact, I think the Bible clearly promotes the opposite principle: impartiality, as most broadly summarized in the Golden Rule. Whether Christians are inclined to interpret this to apply to future generations and very distant neighbors is a separate question.
I don’t really think this is a fair standard, or at least it feels like a motte-and-bailey when compared to the post title (“Impartiality is not baked into to Christianity”). I don’t think that Jesus’ teaching “necessarily” pushes self-identifying Christians to believe almost anything.
You write that
But in fact there are plenty of megachurches and preachers that seemingly extract and teach contrary lessons (e.g., Pastor Dollar). There are also many pagan/spiritualist versions of Christianity that embrace very different teachings.
You ask
My short answer is “broadly yes, even if not strongly in all dimensions of impartiality,” as I previewed in my original comment: I think people are inherently (including through socialization) prone to care more about their geographic and ethnic neighbors, but I do not think Christianity strongly reinforces this. In fact, I think the Bible clearly promotes the opposite principle: impartiality, as most broadly summarized in the Golden Rule. Whether Christians are inclined to interpret this to apply to future generations and very distant neighbors is a separate question.