Sally Quinn, spouse of former Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee and co-founder of the Post website's On Faith page, greeted the approaching holy day of Christmas by touting liberal and leftist books on religion and atheism in the Book World section: "These books offer a generosity of spirit, communion and wisdom. In a sense they are like the basic tenets of most religions -- they embody the Golden Rule. And they give us something to contemplate as we approach an often difficult, yet joyful and transcendent time of year." The most provocative political lesson in these four mini-reviews was from gay black Harvard Baptist minister Peter Gomes, author of The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus. Quinn explained:
He contends that Jesus is a revolutionary, a radical, and a socialist -- that Jesus "would not have been unsympathetic to the famous social slogan of the nineteenth century, 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.'"
Quinn neither explained that Gomes is a gay celebrity (profile on CBS's 60 Minutes and all that), or that the "nineteenth century" slogan was a Karl Marx slogan.
PS: Another weird note in the Sunday Post came in the Travel section, where they tried to use Christmas carol lyrics as a hook to promote travel options. The strangest was "Silent Night," which advertised a Buddhist monastery and retreat center in West Virginia. It's a little odd to hear a "Christ the savior is born" hymn appropriated to promote how holy the mornings are with the Buddhist monks. Actually, Post writer Andrea Sachs touted the Buddhists as a retreat from obnoxious Christmas, a "sanctuary to civilians desperate to escape looping Christmas carols and holly jollies."
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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}}---> Marxist Jesus
December 17, 2007 - 09:30 ET by Cool ArrowOnce Jesus comes back to rule the earth in person, I don't think we'll pay much attention to POTUS, SCOTUS, or COTUS.
Everything will be King Jesus, and I'll be OK with it.
Until then, Karl Marx can continue to spin.
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Marxism
December 17, 2007 - 09:39 ET by iveseenitallMarxism,Socialism,Communism, Hillaryism -- these "philosophies" seem never to go away. BTW, Marx advocated violence. Funny, I never heard Jesus do that. DUH!
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Exactly.
December 17, 2007 - 10:04 ET by RJThis is just a rehashing of a "justification" for Socialism that pops up periodically.
The "What would Jesus do?" bumperstickers are another example.
Jesus was/is not a marxist.
December 17, 2007 - 09:37 ET by rbosqueJesus was/is not a marxist. But Sally Quinn continues to be a fool.
}}---> Not a marxist
December 17, 2007 - 09:42 ET by Cool ArrowI think the story of Ananias and Sapphira stomps all over Quinn's ideas pretty thoroughly.
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Why is that they always
December 17, 2007 - 09:50 ET by motherbeltWhy is that they always seem to miss the fact the Jesus always talked about individuals caring for each other???
I wish, just once, someone would cite a NT verse where Jesus berated the Roman Governor for not doing enough for the poor, or told his disciples to petition or organize a demonstration to get said Governor to provide more assistance to the needy.
Even when He advocated sharing, (If a man asks for your shirt, give him your cloak also) it was on a personal level. He never said take you neighbor's shirt if he has two and give it away. And He never advocated the governor taking people's wealth and spreading it around.
MB: Exactly. When you take
December 17, 2007 - 10:01 ET by KillgraveMB:
Exactly. When you take away a person's ability to give to others (by taxing the hell out of them), then you take away their choice to give as well.
Modern liberals are the very definition of moral/intellectual bankruptcy.
Taxation : Legalized Thievery
December 17, 2007 - 10:27 ET by jonathananderson"When you take away a person's ability to give to others (by taxing the hell out of them), then you take away their choice to give as well."
Amen to that.
Seperating Truth from Error
December 17, 2007 - 10:20 ET by jonathananderson"He never said take you neighbor's shirt if he has two and give it away. And He never advocated the governor taking people's wealth and spreading it around."
D_mn right.
Jesus Christ was a capitalist ... he believed that a man should enjoy the fruit of his labor - not someone else of the government's choosing.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
There is one that cometh to steal, and he uses the kingdoms and wicked men of this world to carry out that objective.
John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Why is that they always
December 17, 2007 - 11:58 ET by misterbee241Why is that they always seem to miss the fact the Jesus always talked about individuals caring for each other???
Because non-believing liberals want to remake Jesus in their own image. They want so bad for the Savior to be a liberal/socialist/Marxist/Communist. But the fact is, He's not. And that's what's killing them.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
I don't agree with him on everything...
December 17, 2007 - 09:44 ET by sarcasmoBut Gary North has written extensively on this very topic.
JMR
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They always miss this part
December 17, 2007 - 09:56 ET by DunqueIf (God forbid) we ever come to "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" people like Sally and Ben Bradlee, in their Georgetown mansions and Virginia countryside retreats, are in the biggest trouble of all.
But, of course, that's only targeted at "the rich," not Ben and Sally.
Keep it up ... G-d's gonna get you for the second guessing
December 17, 2007 - 09:59 ET by drillanwrIn order for Jesus to have been a Marxist/Socialist/Communist He would have had to be the leader of His own Marxist/Socialist/Communist government. He was NOT. He and His followers were "independents" who did their teachings and their works outside the iron fist of the Roman government, or the Jewish Elders oversight. They preached for common man to give willingly from their hearts to others, and that you couldn't simply buy your way into Paradise just because you forked over your money. You needed to understand your actions and intentions.
Jesus healed the sick and crippled so they could be more able to help themselves, and in doing so to help others. He was NOT an enabler. He was a man with a vision from His heart. He wasn't going around banging on people's doors and forcing them to hand over a certain amount of money into the general coffers for equal distribution.
I wonder how Marxists would explain Him saying:
December 17, 2007 - 10:05 ET by sarcasmo“Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s”? If everything belongs to Caesar, why bother to differentiate?
JMR
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I guess since Jesus had long
December 17, 2007 - 10:10 ET by KillgraveI guess since Jesus had long hair, didn't have a job, wandered around a lot, and didn't have many opportunities to bathe, that modern liberals think He was one of them.
The thing is, Jesus, as loving and forgiving He is, did not ever hide His contempt towards hypocrits. Pretty ironic.
}}---> Marxists
December 17, 2007 - 10:18 ET by Cool ArrowI kinda have a problem with Government believing they are due more in taxes than Churches are due in tithe.
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What's ironic is God only
December 17, 2007 - 12:05 ET by misterbee241What's ironic is God only asks for 10%, will wait for that, and will take whatever you want to give as long as it's given with a cheerful heart. Ceasar wants 30%+ and won't wait for it, and will take it at gunpoint.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
I don't know about you, but...
December 17, 2007 - 12:13 ET by sarcasmoI say that exact thing. A lot. But except from my own lips, I don't think I've ever heard the tithe-tax comparison inside a Church. The comparison seems to make some folks uncomfortable, to say the least, just as never-hearing-it makes me a bit uncomfortable...
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I thought the saying was
December 17, 2007 - 10:47 ET by ckc1227I thought the saying was "God helps those who help themselves". Who knew it was really "God helps those who steal from others to help someone else".
Sorry friend but, "God helps
December 17, 2007 - 11:39 ET by ForeverOnTheRightSorry friend but, "God helps those who help themselves", is often attributed to Jesus or the Bible but fact is it comes from Benjamin Franklin’s book Poor Richards Almanac. I thought the phrase came from the Bible myself until the truth was pointed out to me.
God helps those who CAN'T
December 17, 2007 - 12:07 ET by misterbee241God helps those who CAN'T help themselves. You're right - it's from Ben Franklin. It's found nowhere in scripture.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
Projecting Jesus
December 17, 2007 - 11:22 ET by KC MulvilleIn the Jesuits, I had to take quite a few psychological tests. (Note: they took me anyway.) One of them was the Myers-Briggs test, which is supposed to categorize your personality into one of many standard "types." At the lunch table one day, a test administrator claimed that it was well known that Jesus was of a certain "type." The administrator bragged that Jesus happened to have the same type he did. (But of course.)
It'd be better to try to become more like Jesus, than to imagine Jesus was more like me.
How ignorant can Quinn be
December 17, 2007 - 11:26 ET by ForeverOnTheRightIf Jesus was a Marxist/Communist/Socialist then why is that Carl Marx called religion the “opiate of the people”? And why is the largest Republic, the United States of America, based on Judeo-CHRISTIAN principals? Quinn is just being ignorant, and ignoring facts and principals to twist things too her point of view.
sure Sally
December 17, 2007 - 11:49 ET by candanceThe point of religion in the first place is that God's authority transcends any man-made government. We are required to respect our government because it provides law and order, but our committment to God comes first.
In the OT when God set up the ideal society for Israel, He commanded them to tithe to the temple for charity work and limit the government to a court system and basic provisions. When Samuel approached God about the people's desire for king, God got irritated because he told them kings were nothing but trouble.
Jesus told his followers to return Caeser's money back to him because it was Caesar's gold imprinted with his image and did not honor God. That pretty much shows you right there what He thinks of government. Socialism is a poor substitute for giving from your heart.
But what do you expect? It doesn't matter I grew up reading the Bible and had access to some of the best Biblical teaching. Clearly this liberal journalist knows Jesus better than I do.
It's an old lie
December 17, 2007 - 12:20 ET by mattmThose who believe that lie should read Jesus' parable of the Laborers in the Vinyard.
See Matthew 20:1-16
Funny...
December 17, 2007 - 12:20 ET by sunandsteelThe same group of people who consistently bash Jesus, always want to "show" everyone Jesus was a socialist if it fits their agenda. Plus it can help to make a casual beliver feel guilty over certian liberal agendas if "Jesus did it too" or "Jesus never mentioned it specifically".
What doesn’t kill you, only makes you pissed off. -Children of Bodom
Limousine socialism
December 17, 2007 - 14:16 ET by greenfairieEasy for Sally to say from the comfort of her Georgetown mansion.