Glenn Beck Urges Listeners to Leave Churches That Preach Social Justice

[democracy1st]

On his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that "social justice," the term many Christian churches use to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights, is a "code word" for communism and Nazism. Beck urged Christians to discuss the term with their priests and to leave their churches if leaders would not reconsider their emphasis on social justice.

"I'm begging you, your right to religion and freedom to exercise religion and read all of the passages of the Bible as you want to read them and as your church wants to preach them . . . are going to come under the ropes in the next year. If it lasts that long it will be the next year. I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. Now, am I advising people to leave their church? Yes!"

Later, Beck held up cards, one with a hammer and sickle and other with a swastika. "Communists are on the left, and the Nazis are on the right. That's what people say. But they both subscribe to one philosophy, and they flew one banner. . . . But on each banner, read the words, here in America: 'social justice.' They talked about economic justice, rights of the workers, redistribution of wealth, and surprisingly, democracy."

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This is the start of his downfall! and it's going to be hard.

[Swamp Rat]

1. Glenn Beck makes Baby Jesus cry

[20score]

10. Like that. (Your picture, not what Becker said.)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. I don't know

which face makes me barf more!! Whew, a double dose in the morning ---- *urk*







:hi: good to see you!

[Ken Burch]

42. Well yes...but with laughter....

n/t.

[Initech]

47. That would make a kick-ass bumper sticker!

And it would be sure to annoy some of my Fux-loving friends! :evilgrin:

[kratos12]

2. Lunacy

Beck is mentally ill, and he attracks others whose sense of reality is dangerously skewed.

[CC]

3. I always said eventually it

would become a matter of being the right kind of Christian to the wing nuts. Would say so it begins except it really began when they hounded Obama from his church because of the preacher.

[krabigirl]

19. I think it already is that way. Not that I care..eff them.

[NOLALady]

4. Any day now.

He will have a meltdown hopefully on air, and he will be carried away to the funny farm.

[democracy1st]

21. certainly looks that way he's creating more enemies daily

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[BolivarianHero]

7. heh...

Fundamentalist Christian vs. Islamist death match.

Khomeini killed as many progressives as Beck wants to kill.

[rucky]

15. That would be social justice. n/t

[PADemD]

6. Don't Mormons believe in social justice?

[Catshrink]

23. Most are RW neoLibertarians.

Not as nutty as Beck, but pretty conservative. That said, some of my neighbors and a coworker are Mormon and very conservative but they are very nice people. I guess it's possible <snark>.

[Ken Burch]

43. For themselves. Mormons have their own social welfare system in many areas

It's not usually open to "Gentiles"(which is what Mormons call everybody else).

[Divine Discontent]

8. his lunacy and scare tactics are amazing - if he maintains his level of viewers, he's truly a

mystic of some sort, as I cannot bear to watch him. Unseemly unnerving. What an oddball.

[Incitatus]

9. I doubt anyone who take this psycho seriously gives a shit about social justice anway.

[20score]

11. There is no bottom for that son of a bitch.

[era veteran]

30. But Beck is Rupert Murdoch's bottom bitch

[Ken Burch]

44. True(although I'm now going to need to drink heavily to get that image out of my mind)

(...and possibly sandblast my eyeballs as well...)

[era veteran]

45. Hey, hey, hey

I am sorry but I couldn't help it

[Ken Burch]

46. It's ok

I'll just consider my trauma as a sacrifice for the cause.

[Marr]

12. Yeah, that commie Jesus.

Fuck him.

[HeresyLives]

13. Maybe Beck is the anti-Christ.

He's popular and he's trying to lead people away from what Jesus preached.

:rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

14. What does it say bout us that segment falls for his myopic fanatical views

that they repeat / mimic his line of delusional thinking??

His tiny group might be small in ratio but hugh in noise level...

But the Fall will soon come as his Deception Spiral climaxes....BS can only go so far

[Vinnie From Indy]

16. Yeah, Jesus hated all that social justice stuff

I know a few old priests that might actually punch some idiot that walked up and demanded they quit preaching social justice because Glenn Beck told them to. Ironic I know, but that is religion for ya!

[Kablooie]

17. He's milking the gimmick that pays. The more extreme his views, the more attention he gets.

Same as that blond skeleton woman.

It's just show biz folks and he plays a character.

Problem is that many people don't know it's an act and believe him.

[KittyWampus]

35. Is Beck aware that he's playing a character. Does he believe what he says? Coulter, I'm pretty sure

knows what she's saying is extreme and intentionally goes there.

I really wonder about Beck. I don't think he's fully conscious.

[saltpoint]

18. Spew of an evil and calculated tongue.

Beck is a dangerous man. His slimey propaganda creates an environment in which almost any response is likely to be angry, perhaps violent.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. Woody Guthrie said that Jesus was the first socialist outlaw.

Suck on that, Beck.

[melm00se]

22. ain't the 1st amendment grand?

n/t

[JCMach1]

24. I had never watched this idiot until last week...

I am preaching to the choir, but Beck is a complete RW fascist loon...

I will never make the mistake of watching again.

[mitchum]

25. Beck is equal parts buffoon, loon, and grifter

[LWolf]

26. Social and economic justice = communism and nazism.

Got it.

When does propaganda get dangerous enough to remove from the airwaves?

[lunatica]

27. I'm more convinced every day that he's got mental problems

Something isn't right with that boy.

[malaise]

28. Maybe he's a full member of

The Family. Isn't this good old FAMILY values?

[Jkid]

29. Glenn Beck, confirmed for American Social Darwinist.

[jtrockville]

31. So he suggests the "Church of Greed and Hate"?

[Kitty Herder]

32. No, Glenn, social justice is a code word for compassion and love.

Concepts you're unfamiliar with I'm sure.

[bullwinkle428]

33. If Jesus ever did return, this fucker would be leading the lynch mob!

[Orsino]

36. He is rarely so honest about his masters' intentions.

He stands for their unregulated greed, and for absolutely nothing else. All the stupid, fake crazy? That's just to rally their most reliable foot soldiers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. Hmm where exactlyt have I read of similar arguments?

Oh yes, Father Coughlin comes to mind... FULLY.

Glenny, oh Glenny, may you share his fate.

I mean from the bottom of my heart.

[gauguin57]

38. Glen Beck needs to get back into rehab.

He's obviously on the sauce again.

Freak.

[Umbral]

39. Maybe someone should ask him about the United Order. nt

[Stevenmarc]

40. Then Beck made a move to rename "The Last Supper" to The First Teabagger Rally

[troubledamerican]

41. Matthew 25: 37-46

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The Lord will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

41"Then he will say to those on his other side, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

[Ken Burch]

48. freedom to exercise religion and read all of the passages of the Bible as you want to read them "

In other words, the right of the rich to pretend that God WANTS them to have more than the rest of us.