Was Jesus a Marxist?

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After my first Christmas mass, I felt strange for days. As hard as I tried, I couldn't put my finger on why. A week later, it dawned on me -- I felt peaceful. Aha! No wonder I was stumped! . . .

I headed out to a few more lovely services -- at a synagogue, a Lutheran church, and, my personal favorite, Assemblies of God (as a perk, Sarah Palin's church of choice).

While perusing the Yellow Pages, I eyed another contender -- a church in a nearby town that touted superb music and a dynamic congregation.

When I called to find out more, I was pleased that the minister himself answered the phone. When I asked him to describe his church, he answered rather sternly, "We do God's work through social justice."

Taken aback, I said, "I'm looking for a church that focuses on God, not politics."

He countered vociferously, "We get to God through social justice!"

"That's a matter of dispute," I responded. "Thank you for your time." Click.
When I got off the phone, I was shaken up -- literally. My entire body was shaking.

It was partly the creepiness of a minister sounding so possessed . . .

[FONT=times new roman,times]A frequent AT contributor, Robin is a recovering liberal and a psychotherapist in Berkeley.[/FONT]

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Jesus was no more a Marxist then he was a Capitalist.

/thread.

PS: the article was nothing but a diatribe about how the Left is 'light-less' and lives in the dark, blah, blah, blah. Anyone could write something like that about Left or Right or anything they don't like. Not worth the read.
 
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Marx was an atheist, was he not?

The Marxism of Jesus ... a Glenn Beck idea no doubt.

Beck was speaking of what then Cardinal Ratzinger described here.

The first time Beck brought the subject up, he neglected to mention there is a Christian social justice which marxists have perverted to the point where, when the general public hears "social justice", they think of one form or the other of marxism. He must of heard from Catholics as now he makes a distinction.
 
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The anachronistic nature of the question makes it worthless, except as a means to try and get people angry.

Also: the author is a complete loon, if the notion of social justice has him physically shaking.
 
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Christianity slowly destroying itself by Christians like Glenn Beck telling other Christians not to go to churches that preach social justice. Simply amazing.

Hmmm....guess I'll repeat it. There is marxist social justice and Christian social justice. Only thing they have in common is the last two words. Beck did fail to point that out in his first show. Perhaps he assumed everyone knows that. I certainly did. Do you?
 
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Beck was speaking of what then Cardinal Ratzinger described here.

The first time Beck brought the subject up, he neglected to mention there is a Christian social justice which marxists have perverted to the point where, when the general public hears "social justice", they think of one form or the other of marxism. He must of heard from Catholics as now he makes a distinction.

Finally! I am glad people are making the distinction between Christian (Catholic) social justice and those motivated by politics.
 
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Finally! I am glad people are making the distinction between Christian (Catholic) social justice and those motivated by politics.


It was the media. For decades people heard Jesse Jackson's rainbow coalition chant "No Justice, No Peace"; we heard one lefty after the next lecture us on "social justice". The unchurched and those whose church does not use "social justice" as much as Catholics do naturally assumed all social justice is is one group shaking down other people for as much as it could. Sometimes they used government, sometimes, as Jackson did, they told corporations "Pay up or we'll smear you".
 
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Christianity slowly destroying itself by Christians like Glenn Beck telling other Christians not to go to churches that preach social justice. Simply amazing.

You consider GB a Christian? He's supposed to be a Mormon.
 
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[FONT=times new roman,times]Taken aback, I said, "I'm looking for a church that focuses on God, not politics."[/FONT]

He must have become very disenchanted with Focus on the Family, the Religious Right, Catholic bishops Burke, Chaput, et al, National Right to Life, Church of Latter Day Saints, etc.

When I think of politically involved church activity, it almost always comes from the right.

If I wanted to get away from politics, I'd go to a church that was more focused on social justice than social engineering.
 
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After my first Christmas mass, I felt strange for days. As hard as I tried, I couldn't put my finger on why. A week later, it dawned on me -- I felt peaceful. Aha! No wonder I was stumped! . . .

I headed out to a few more lovely services -- at a synagogue, a Lutheran church, and, my personal favorite, Assemblies of God (as a perk, Sarah Palin's church of choice).

While perusing the Yellow Pages, I eyed another contender -- a church in a nearby town that touted superb music and a dynamic congregation.

When I called to find out more, I was pleased that the minister himself answered the phone. When I asked him to describe his church, he answered rather sternly, "We do God's work through social justice."

Taken aback, I said, "I'm looking for a church that focuses on God, not politics."

He countered vociferously, "We get to God through social justice!"

"That's a matter of dispute," I responded. "Thank you for your time." Click.
When I got off the phone, I was shaken up -- literally. My entire body was shaking.

It was partly the creepiness of a minister sounding so possessed . . .

[FONT=times new roman,times]A frequent AT contributor, Robin is a recovering liberal and a psychotherapist in Berkeley.[/FONT]

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Because if there is one thing that really peeves Jesus, it is people helping each other.
 
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Because if there is one thing that really peeves Jesus, it is people helping each other.

This "social justice" is people helping themselves to other people's property because they have the numbers to do it.

But democracy can get even worse. See Matthew 27:22-25
 
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This "social justice" is people helping themselves to other people's property because they have the numbers to do it.

But democracy can get even worse. See Matthew 27:22-25

Oh, please.

Want some cheese with that whine?
 
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This "social justice" is people helping themselves to other people's property because they have the numbers to do it.

But democracy can get even worse. See Matthew 27:22-25

Whatever. Keep linking your religion with your politics. That always turns out well. :|
 
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What a load of hooey.

This is what passes for rational thought these days?

She is a psychotherapist. She was a liberal. She is in recovery. Still learning. Newly churched from what I gather. She probably hasn't read John 12:4-6 which makes it clear who wanted to distribute the wealth.
 
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She is a psychotherapist. She was a liberal. She is in recovery. Still learning. Newly churched from what I gather. She probably hasn't read John 12:4-6 which makes it clear who wanted to distribute the wealth.

The "hooey" I referred to is trying to make two millennium old teachings of the Son of God fit into some modern human "-ism."

The Left wants to make Jesus out to be some kind of revolutionary a la Che Guevara. You want him to be Chief Defender of the Yacht Club and host of the Forbes 500 Platinum Soiree. Neither label fits, so get past labels already.
 
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Hmmm....guess I'll repeat it. There is marxist social justice and Christian social justice. Only thing they have in common is the last two words. Beck did fail to point that out in his first show. Perhaps he assumed everyone knows that. I certainly did. Do you?
First why do you post an article that insults what has been mainstream Christianity for at least 200 years? Secondly, no Christian has concidered Christian social justice to be a political movement until Beck said it was. Now we have hacks like the OP riding the coattails of his crazy idea. Missionsary work is part if Christian social justice, but only a loon (or a guy who will say anything for ratings) would concider mission work to be political.
 
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