if you read the words of Jesus (or the words attributed to jesus) anyone an see that it is genius humanitarian stuff. the same stuff taught by Ghandi and Martin Luther King jr.
religion and especially christianity has been subverted from jesus' teachings to being solely about his divinity, and his redemption of man's sins. very rarely do christians talk about the beatitudes, instead focusing on anciant hebrew law of the ten commandments.
jesus states many times that just as he is a son of god (not THE son, but A son) so are all of us humans, from the highest richest sheik to the lowest poorest humblest beggar/whore.
the Beatitudes are the beggining portion of the Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel of Matthew
Biblical scholar and author Andrej Kodjak has stated that this opening of the sermon was designed to shock the audience as a deliberate inversion of standard values, but this shock value has been lost today due to the commonness of the text.[1]
The blessed nature that these characteristics endow is not meant to be considered from a worldly perspective, but from a psychological perspective.[2] The word traditionally translated into English as "blessed" or "happy" is in the Greek original μακαριος (makarios). A more literal translation into contemporary English may be "possessing an inward contentedness and joy that is not affected by the physical circumstances". The Beatitudes imply that people not normally considered blessed on Earth are in fact blessed by God/Reality
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Verse 3)
Blessed are the meek: for they shall posses the land. (Verse 4)
Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Verse 5)
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. (Verse 6)
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. (Verse 7)
Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God. (Verse 8)
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. (Verse 9)
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Verse 10)