To the C Streeters, Christianity is all about elites

[LiberalArkie]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-Warped-Christianity-Thr-by-Roger-Shuler-101115-681.html

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Much of it is based on a relatively obscure passage from the Bible, Acts 9:15: "This man is my chosen instrument to take my name" before the Gentiles and their kings."

The original passage was about the Apostle Paul. But members of The Family evidently think it applies to them. Horton asks, "How do the men who gather at C Street interpret this


The clue is in the emphasis the Family puts on those last two words. "Their kings" is italicized in the document from which I quote it in the book, "Eight Core Aspects of the vision and methods." It was distributed to potential new members of the Family, the organization behind C Street, at the 2010 National Prayer Breakfast, the
Family's only public event. Every year, the Family uses American political leaders--they refer to them as "bait"--to attract foreign leaders they want to evangelize. The focus is on leaders, or "kings." The Family twists Acts 9:15 into a justification for a complete inversion of Christianity, a faith that, whatever else one thinks of it, was born of a radically egalitarian premise. To the C Streeters, Christianity is all about elites. They pay lip service to helping the poor, but they believe the best way to help the weak is to help the strong.

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[11 Bravo]

1. As a Christian, I say to those proponents of "trickle-down Christianity", please ...

go fuck yourselves.

[jwirr]

4. Amen.

[BeFree]

2. The worst of Socialism

Manifested in these crooks.

They want to tell everybody how to live. The worst of socialism is exactly the same.

That's why I am a liberal socialist that rejects religion mixed with politics.

[aquart]

3. Gotta tell you, it went top down way early.

Kings converted and brought the people into it, not the other way around.

[LiberalFighter]

5. They need to raid the damn place and announce they were worshipping Satan naked

[demosincebirth]

6. Pharisees

[patrice]

7. Well then, you'll be interested to know that this outfit was out and about during the 2008 campaign

Ran across current video of them in the streets of Boulder, CO (I think) when I happened to be out on the internet reading up on Palin's religious background.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_for_the_Defense_of_Tradition,_Family_and_Property

[patrice]

8. You may also be interested in these guys . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Spur

My sister actually saw a caravan for this bunch in Colorado Springs (Eric Prince's hometown at the time). She said there were dozens of those huge custom buses that rich rock stars use. There was a special very opulent Mass at her church for this group, everything done in black, lots of furs.

Notice the second to last, most recent, person, in the article linked above, to receive a knighthood conferred by the Holy Order of the Golden Spur.