Beck manages to warp the teachings of Jesus
Here is the audio courtesy of Media Matters:
In response to a caller who is a Catholic that is upset about his church’s advocacy of social justice, Beck said, “I want you to know that even some members in my faith where I go church there are members that preach social justice as members, my faith doesn’t, but the members preach social justice all the time. It is a perversion of the gospel. Nowhere does Jesus say hey, if somebody asks for your shirt, give your coat to the government, and have the government give them a pair of slacks. That’s not what Jesus was saying. You want to help out. You help out. It changes you. That’s what the gospel is all about. You, you change it, not having the government dictate.”
I am not an expert on the Bible, but the Jesus he is referring to is someone that I am not familiar with. I wasn’t aware that Jesus was a free market, anti-government conservative. I will leave it to others to post some relevant Bible quotes in the comment section that refute Beck. My question for Mr. Founding Father is when did the government become separate from the social contract? If the majority of people desire a form of social justice, whether it is civil rights, healthcare, or any other issue, according to the social contract which forms the foundation of our entire system, the government is obligated to carry out the will of the people.
It is interesting that a person of the Mormon faith would be calling out progressives for perverting the gospel when according people of other faith, the book of Mormon itself is a perversion of the gospel. (I have no dog in that fight, so please spare the angry emails and comments. I have no issues with anyone’s faith). Beck was doing nothing more than spewing the same Jesus and God were conservatives nonsense that he was probably brainwashed with years ago.
Contrary to what Beck believes, social justice is a good thing. Without social justice women may still not be allowed to vote, and segregation might still be in place. It is fascinating to me that conservatives use Jesus to argue the cruel position that people are not entitled to adequate healthcare. Turning their backs on the most needy in our society is a very un-Christian thing to do, and seems to contradict everything that Jesus stood for.
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So Bleck look in his magic hat and saw a new gospel of Jesus or did he meet Jesus down at Home Depot and asked him if he was for social justice. Either way Bleck is wrong here are some quotes blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ and not to forget Jesus is against wealth “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” I could go on and on but I made my point.
@Oldsun,
Just curious – the verses that you quoted – were they not to people? Individual followers? What Beck said was accurate then, YOU personally give to the poor, the needy, the weak. WE as PEOPLE should do those things on our own so the Government isn’t needed or slow the process. Just my $0.02
Here were all the opportunities of the country, the land, and the buildings upon the land, the railroads, the mines, the factories, and the stores, all in the hands of a few private individuals, called capitalists, for whom the people were obliged to work for wages. The whole balance of what the people produced went to heap up the fortunes of these capitalists, to heap, and heap again-and that in spite of the fact that they, and everyone about them, lived in unthinkable luxury!
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle 1905
Capitalism is for cave men.
You know what Beck was saying. Don’t pretend you don’t. And now you are preaching that this Bill is a Christian Mandate. It is pathetic. Steal from your neighbor to give to the Government some a little bit gets to the poor hardly sounds Christian.
Matthew 25:31–46
UDUK, your quote says that he will gather all the nation before him. Yes, he will gather all the people of those nations together for them to be judged but I highly doubt a lowly construct of man such as a bill or law will be used to judge all the people of a nation. What Beck speaks of is INDIVIDUAL giving by the INDIVIDUAL’S own will, not forced redistibution mandated by the government. I know the liberals believe that their cause is just and their motives pure, but I have never seen a government, ancient or modern, tyrannyical or free, that has survived and prospered by taking the fruit of labor from the mouths of the workrs to give to the dependents of the state in order to achieve social justice. Communist Russia, Fascist Italy, and Nazi Germany crumbled upon their idealogical crusades of equality and the people of countries such as Venezula and Cuba suffer from the opressive presence of government in every single aspect of their life. Now, more than ever, Patick Henry’s words ring true, “Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts….Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
A free man
If you read the book of Acts and the start of the Christian church, they shared EVERYTHING!!!! the simplest form of socialism! There was even a couple that tried to hide back their possessions and dropped dead! “they gave to those that were in need”‘ read it I’m for real!! A real cool book that I’ve come across is called UnChristian… It tells of the history of the church and the pagan influences in today’s church! The sad part about it is as a Christian I think more people are going to realize when they get to heaven we really didn’t understand the heart of Jesus! Glenn Beck is after ratings and popularity and he will be held accountable for the “false prophet” he is! What is sad to me is people just take what he says for face value and don’t even question it!!!!
Nobody here even seems to know what social Justice is, no one has explained it at all.
And the Bible was .is and will allways be about Equal Justice not Social Justice.
You have to know the tenants of what your talking about before doing so.
Social Justice is more than most methods a very cruel way of redistributing wealth of which is tottally unbiblical. The Bible also states study to show thyself approved. I sugest that all who made these comments do exactly that!!
Really? DO we remember something about the Disciples who gave everything they owned so that the booty could be distributed to the people who needed it?
Acts 2:44-45, where it says, “All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need”. In Acts 4:32-37 it’s said that the Believers did not claim any of their possessions as their own, “but shared everything they had”, and there were “no needy persons among them”. For at that time the believers of the Way of Christ Jesus with the means would “from time to time” sell their lands or houses and give it to the apostles for distribution to those among them in need.
Unbiblical? Yeah right. If Jesus was in control of government there would not be a poor person in the country.
You have to know the tenants of what your talking about before doing so.
Remember that all those who shared everything amonsgt themselves were all Christians, they didnt share with those in the world. Pagans
Why is it so bad to use a government as the vehicle for “sharing?” There is self interest ingrained in people, the majority will look after themselves and tend to NOT help. What if the majority of society was so greedy that the generous ones couldn’t sustain the down-trodden? As “bad” as the government seems to some people, our country has grown so large so fast, just hoping people will others may not be realistic anymore.