Evangelicals raise money to counter Glenn Beck
 

The evangelical group, The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good is soliciting donations to start a campaign against Glenn Beck. They feel as though he crossed the line when he said, on his radio show:

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Hmmm, a Christian group that actually espouses the teachings of Christ? :eek:

Was Jesus into social justice?

You are joking, right?

Christ was into charity and looking after your fellow man because you are compelled to out of an internal sense of goodwill. Social justice is about forcing the poor onto the wealthy and making the prosperous support the needy, free will be damned.

So no, Jesus wasn't into "social justice."

Wow... Just... Wow.

I'm trying to figure out why the merits of government policy should be judged in any way based on sketchy, contradictory accounts, written by anonymous people (erroneously attributed to some other people) of what some guy who may or may not have lived 2000 years ago may or may not have said.

Jesus taught what God expected in light of the impending end of the world.

E.g.,

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."

Now, granted, he was talking to the poor when he said this. He probably had a different speech that he used for black tie dinners.

I happen to agree with Jazzman and I am not entirely sure what is "wow" about it. Of course if we are defining social justice in different ways then I guess I could understand it. How does one define social justice?

The "wow" is expanded on by GD. Did you read his post?

Why don't you and Jazzman (since you seem to be the resident self proclaimed experts on what Jesus has said) expand on why the merits of government policy should be judged in any way based on sketchy, contradictory accounts, written by anonymous people (erroneously attributed to some other people) of what some guy who may or may not have lived 2000 years ago may or may not have said.

For the record, my post had nothing to do with JW's "wow". I don't care one way or the other how either JW or scaeagles or Jazzman choose to interpret what Jesus's theoretical position might have been on whatever they choose to define "social justice" as. Couldn't possibly care less.

ETA: I should add "in this context" to that. Couldn't possibly care less in this context. In another context, might be an interesting discussion.