Glenn Beck urges listeners to leave churches that preach social justice

[buttmunch]

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."http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/08/glenn-beck-urges-listeners-to-leave-churches-that-preach-social/

One really has to wonder just how far this guy can go before his dumbassed listeners start to realize he's completely bonkers. Seriously, a church that preaches social justice is a commie church?

[kingcap72]

So, in Beck's world 'love thy neighbor' must mean 'spread the wealth.'

[crumpet]

Well, coming from a very liberal oriented graduate studies program I can tell you that 'social justice' is actually a code phrase for a communist like way of life when it's coming from someone who believes all men, white people, Americans, and Christians are the enemy. I'm not suggesting that's what 'social justice' means to everyone....that isn't what it means to me. But it isn't far off when coming from folks who feel the only way to make the world better is to make some people pay more taxes than others, to penalize the wealthy for being wealthy, or to make men/whites get passed over for jobs they deserve now in order to even out the unfair advantages they've had for most of the past. There are some people who believe in that.

[BBDSP]

I was channel-flipping the other night and caught a couple minutes of Glenn getting all verklempt talking about Al Gore is telling the youth of America not to listen to their parents.

He played a quote where Al told kids that they probably know more about some things than their parents.

FFS, what a cry baby he is.

[lurkur]

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

It's right there in the first words of the Constitution of the United States of A-fucking-Merica. If you don't like it, you are unpatriotic and should get out of the U.S.!!!

[travelbug]

promote the general Welfare

I kind of think this one gets ignored most often.

General Welfare = what is for the good of MOST people

[crumpet]

^^^^I just think for better or worse, it is human nature to oppose anything that is against your interest, whatever social position you hold.

[buttmunch]

^^I don't. I find most people, in normal situations, will go out of their way to help others, even if it's inconvenient for them. But maybe I've jsut lived a charmed life.

[visitor42]

Originally Posted by travelbug

I kind of think this one gets ignored most often.

General Welfare = what is for the good of MOST people

Yes, general welfare is in the Constitution. God is not.

Jesus preached social justice. I guess by Beck's standards he's a commie.

I can't decide whether Beck is just stupid and being used, or whether he really knows what he's doing. Either way, it's scary that so many people listen to him.

[crumpet]

Originally Posted by buttmunch

^^I don't. I find most people, in normal situations, will go out of their way to help others, even if it's inconvenient for them. But maybe I've jsut lived a charmed life.

No, I agree with you that most people will try to help in an immediate situation. But when you start trying to tell people you want more of their money (which they feel they need and are entitled to) to give to other people they don't even know on a regular basis, most are going to balk.

[cmmdee]

Right cause he should be telling people where to pray at.
If anyone buys into his bullshit, they've got bigger problems than just being a loyal listener (though that is a problem in and of itself).