Glenn Beck: God Hates Justice (leave your church if it promotes Christ's teachings)

[Lorien]

Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Reinhold Niebuhr, even Billy Graham: charlatan hucksters. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference? Anglicans and Episcopalians? The Society of Friends? The Catholic priests who stood at the vanguard of the US civil rights demonstrations and world human rights movements? Freedom-hating commies. If you love America, then you must run from them. No less a theological expert than Glenn Beck has spoken.

Beck took the opportunity on his radio and television shows last week to issue his faux fatwah against churches who espouse social and economic justice. His declaration of jihad—wrapped, as always, in fear, loathing, and repetition—is worth quoting at length:

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, the idea - hang on, am I advising people to leave their church? Yes! (H/T to First Things; full audio is here.)

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/03/glenn-beck-god-hates-social-justice-fox-religion-church-communism-nazi

[Why Syzygy]

1. I'm thinking Christ taught Mercy and Grace...

not Justice.

[Lorien]

3. He's talking about "Social Justice" and "Economic Justice"

When Jesus instructed His followers on how to treat the weak, sick, poor and hopeless, that's exactly what He was advocating. "Do unto others..."

[mzmolly]

11. Promoting mercy and grace for the masses

is promoting social justice.

[JerseygirlCT]

14. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied. nt

[kestrel91316]

2. So Beck hates the Quakers and Mennonites? No big shock.

They'll deal with it, especially the Mennonites. They are used to being killed for their beliefs.

Link to article on Mennonite martyrs. They displeased the pope and early protestants, too.
http://www.bethelks.edu/mennonitelife/2003Sept/juhnke.php

[hlthe2b]

4. Is that what Beck thinks he learned from LDS?

As bigoted and despiccable as their teachings are with regards to homosexuality and women's rights, I feel quite certain that even they would not support such a bastardization of Jesus' teachings... At least, I would hope so.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. In most countries he'd have a private room and meds twice a day.

In the US he gets a TV show.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Who would Jesus starve?

[Initech]

7. WTF? Churches aren't supposed to teach about Christ?

[Edweird]

8. Well, this goes along with the 'vengeful angry god' the tea baggers already worship.

[Lorien]

17. And their attempt to change "we the people" into "I've got mine, screw you". nt

[BlueIdaho]

9. Beck digs the first church of the angry god bullshit.

Fairly typical for Mormons - no God of love found there - just anger, fear, and unobtainable perfection.

I'm sure that sick fascist fuck fits right in.

[Lyric]

10. He's recruiting for the LDS, obviously.

You'd sure as fucking hell never find "social justice" or "economic justice" on THEIR website.

[Kievan Rus]

12. Beck's even crazier than I thought

[Supersedeas]

13. Only Churches who espouse no involvement in politics are OKay with Goeblers von Beck

[Fuzz]

15. American Jesus.

[Toasterlad]

16. Anyone Who Takes Religious Advice From a Cult Member Is A Flaming Moron

[troubledamerican]

18. 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."