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Time Magazine Rediscovers God

March 15, 2010 - 3:09 pm - by Ed Driscoll

Back in 1966, Time magazine famously asked:

Evidently, He’s made a heck of a comeback in Time’s eyes. At the end of 2009, the magazine blamed the outgoing decade’s woes on unseen theological forces. And on Sunday, Amy Sullivan of Time asked, “Why Does Glenn Beck Hate Jesus?”

The term “Social Gospel” has been considered a dirty phrase by conservatives for a while now. But if that’s what Beck meant, he has quickly learned the consequences of sloppy language. And in any event, he has certainly discovered the dangers of publicly practicing theology without a license.

I think Beck is likely safe, other than the occasional rhetorical bomb tossed his way by someone on the payroll of his former employer. After all, Time has managed to stay in business for almost 45 years since they first attempted to practice theology without a license.

Update: Beck responds:

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Filed under: Liberal Fascism, Oh, That Liberal Media!, The Future and its Enemies, The Return of the Primitive

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  1. 1. Eva

    I linked to the hufpost bit by Ms.Chamberlain of the Council of Churches who IMHO does a poor job of supporting ‘social gospel’. She mostly talks about helping the poor, the sick etc. Naturally like many, she quotes from the Old Testament and not the New. It is called the New Testament because Jesus brought a new way to live that was different from the old way. Jesus, if we truely want to follow his example, didn’t join any political parties or run for office. He certainly never tried to get the rulers of the time to pass any laws. If we behave in a Christian way is it out of love for God and of our own free will, or because we fear the government? If it’s fear of government (or the ‘Church’ for that matter)then we are doing it for the wrong reasons.

    Throughout history government and religion have fed off of each other and used each other much to the detriment of the people. Separation of Church and state, I think, works both ways. One influencing the other leads to control and neither should try to control the other.

    Is this what poor Glenn was trying to say?

    March 15, 2010 - 5:34 pm   Link to this Comment