Tom Markus

Elon Musk's Thoughts on the Teachings of Christ: Be Strong First Many people (including at the Town Halls) want to know where Elon stands today on Christianity. Here's his response at the Town Hall on Oct 26 in Lancaster. Elon: I was brought up Christian and went to Sunday School, and also went to a Hebrew Pre-School. I'm not Jewish, but I think I was living in the neighborhood or something. So I was doing "Hava Nagila" one day and "Jesus is Our Lord" the next! Great! 𝘌𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘯, 𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘤𝘵 26, 2024 Elon: I believe in the teachings of Christ. I believe in Christian principles: "Love thy neighbor" and "Turn the other cheek," which is very important for forgiveness. Because if you don't have forgiveness, then you have an endless cycle of retribution. I used to think, "Why would you turn the other cheek? That's ridiculous! You know, sponge 'em!" Haha. BE STRONG Elon: But I've come to realize that you do need to be strong. You can't be weak because if you're facing a predatory threat, and that threat is stronger than you and doesn't believe in those values, you'll just get executed. But once you are strong, you should forgive the transgressions of others. This is obviously not something they believe in the Middle East, which is why there is an endless cycle of violence. 𝘌𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 30, 2022 Elon: So, I really do think that we should love thy neighbor and be kind in general. I believe in what Jesus said. My 2 cents: Being strong sometimes means, to me, being tough on the criminal while having deep compassionate empathy for the victim. I think too often there is a tendency misunderstand forgiveness. Punishment for crimes should be the norm, while forgiveness can still happen, it does not mean you can be taken full advantage of. I like the words by @GadSaad on this topic. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘟 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘭𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘭