Christians Outraged: Say They Will Turn Off Glenn Beck

Well,  I think Jesus is not a good person to imitate if one is trying to live in the current society.  I cannot even imagine him in today's environment,  and I believe it is always best to leave him out of the public discourse.  We will never know exactly what he had in mind.  Most people would say profit at the expense of the soul is wrong:  His tactics were far more radical,  and really remind me of the New England Transcendentalists,  my own ancestors, and the most fruitless of men.  

What do the Unitarians have in mind?  And what is the current scholarship on Mary Magdaline?  I have not kept up,  due to my situation since 2006.  

With all due respects, you are both far off the mark regarding Jesus.

Jesus did no social work. His mission was to do the will of his Father. His actions, and his teaching concerned love and holiness, not social responsibility, nor social change.

He avoided secular confrontation, and concentrated on the spiritual aspect of his mission. While he may have eaten, ministered with, and spent time with the poor and the outcast, he did the same with all classes, with the wealthy, and the Jewish religious leadership.

Well,  although there is some truth in what you say,  I spent the better part of seven years reading many scholarly texts on the historical Jesus of Nazareth:  And many critiques of the New Testament sayings:  His was a radical redistribution message,  no matter how you look at it, nor what he himself did. Yes, he ate with the wealthy, and needled them to redistribute their wealth.  This is why they thought he was a bore, a boor, and rude.  Perhaps he was.  

Excellent piece!

Thanks so much, Amy! : )  

Jesus always looked for the person's "idol" and if it was money, He would tell them to give it away to see if that person could give up what they loved the most to follow Jesus! And the "Blessed are the poor" statement that Jesus made does not refer to monetarial wealth, it refers to those who gave up their idols for Christ. Jesus always examined those who put other things in front of God  (Jesus).   Jesus wasn't against wealth, he was against anything that stood between a man and total devotion to God. If a man was wise with his wealth, Jesus applauded it. Jesus said "I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life, NO MAN cometh unto the Father except by me" and how many people these days follow THAT teaching? He also said "Ye must be born again" - Have YOU been born again? If not, do you think you can comprehend what else Jesus said? He was more concerned about what happens when you die!!! Are you?  

Glen Beck is good as is Rush Limbaugh in inciting ignorant people's passions and profiting from them. But then again so are all Pimps. 

Excellent comment, Powersgrandma.  Jesus knew the heart of the individual and always addressed the stumbling-block.  The rich young ruler's hindrance was his wealth and Jesus knew his heart and presented the challenge.  Scripture says that he who does not care for his own is worse than an infidel; that doesn't mean that a  man who is disabled in some way is accountable to that.  It refers to people are are able and yet refuse to work or make an effort to care for themselves and their own.  As well, it states that the person who will not work, will not eat.  The church does (or should) care for their own and others in real need, the key word being "real".

Do not give or pay attention to what Glen says. He is pushing his own agenda and looking for the same cheap publicity and rating that Rush limbaugh has. Underlying the scheme is his fierce jealousy of Limbaugh. Don't play to his gimmicks.  

The author conveniently forgot to document the scriptures he/she used as they claimed to reiterate the words and teachings of  "Jesus of Nazareth".  "Jesus of Nazareth" taught to fish off the right side of the boat.  That means you take care of those who are physically or mentally unable to provide for themselves and reward those who are capable of producing and honestly do contribute to society.  Socialism does nothing but provide to those who chose not to provide for themselves, and makes it easier to continue a lifestyle that neither benifits society, or that individual's soal.  At the same time, it saps the will and finances of hard working people, and keeps them from reaching their potential.  Ultimately, everyone has less, and you owe China trillions of dollars.  Even in this economy, those who work hard and seek to do things God's way, are blessed by Him.  Peace of mind is a richness in itself.      

The author actually does not have access right now to the New Testament except online,  but it is the scholarly commentaries which convinced me.  No, Jesus could not possibly adhere to any kind of socialism by today's standards,  but let us not pretend for an instant that this Nazarene could see,  or would care,  about anything you are saying, because you are speaking of the current complex situation which he would know nothing of.   This is political.  But here,  I am not concerned with today's discourse but with Jesus, the historical, not divine myth,  person:    He was a metaphysical revolutionary, and yes,  preached a radical redistribution of wealth according to many, many New Testament scholars, whom I happen to agree with.  I am not defending it, just suggesting some like Beck pick a new religion.  

Glenn Beck is a charlatan and a clown just like Rush Limbaugh. What people don't understand about him is that because he is a clown he has to keep people entertained. And to keep people entertained he does the same thing as Limbaugh. He continually says more and more outrageous things. Watch the movie Network from 1975 and you'll see the lead character, Howard Beale, do the same thing. All the morons that listen to Beck and Limbaugh do so because these two are predictable in their rants and don't challenge their listeners' intellects -- not that there is much there to challenge. They know that by listening to these two that their own narrow-minded idiotic views of the world will be constantly affirmed and they won't have to think for themselves.

Glenn Beck is paid handsomely for each and every performance he makes, no exceptions. Every show he wants to use to discuss religion is fine, but then he should donate his income from that show to charity. Otherwise he is simply making money off the back of people's faith, filling his time slot with a literal cheap shot.