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Comment author: Lumifer 11 November 2014 06:16:54PM 1 point [-]

There is, well, y'know, early Christianity... :-)

Matthew 6:25-27:

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

and Matthew 6:34:

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Comment author: Salemicus 12 November 2014 10:27:40AM 2 points [-]

Jesus and the early Christians were all about proselytising, sacrifice, and martyrdom. The Dude is about none of those things. He doesn't try and persuade others to become Dude-like, and he doesn't stand up for what he believes in - if he believes in anything. The Dude isn't a preacher, he's a bowler. He's all about going with the flow, in his own little way.

Comment author: Lumifer 12 November 2014 03:38:22PM 2 points [-]

All true, my comment was somewhat tongue-in-cheek :-) The early Christians tended to be awfully serious fellows. That quote from Matthew, though, was popular in the California hippy scene much, much later :-D

Comment author: Ritalin 11 November 2014 10:40:19PM -1 points [-]

The pre-ecclesiastical Jesus of Nazareth is referenced as a Dude avant-la-lettre (as are Sidhartha, Laozi, Epicurus, Heraclitus, and other counter-culturals that gained a cult following). Not to be confused with Jesus of North Hollywood, who is the opposite of a Dude.

Also, again with the smileying. :-(

Comment author: Lumifer 12 November 2014 01:38:48AM 1 point [-]

Also, again with the smileying. :-(

Chill, dude :-P

Comment author: Ritalin 12 November 2014 11:40:10AM 0 points [-]

The Dude abides... {B{í=

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