Evangelicals are fighting vehemently against 'social justice'. Major statement late 2018

[bobbieinok]

MacArthur, major Evangelical preacher, published long statement 'proving' that 'social justice' attacks the very foundation of the church's mission to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Many Evangelical leaders have signed the statement.

There is a YouTube video of excerpts of a recent conference they held, teaching pastors how dangerous the very idea is.

The main complaint seems to be that those promoting social justice defend LGBT rights.

BUT they also see danger in the movement for rights for POC, immigrants, etc.

Some speakers were especially angry at those in the church wanting a 'woke' church

There are many sources on the internet dissecting this Religious Right 'fight back'

IMHO Evangelicals can't stand the fact that people are using their book the Bible against them--especially the story of the final judgement at the end of Matthew where Jesus says that 'those who do not heal the sick, feed the hungry, welcome the stranger will be cast into outer darkness because they never knew Him'!

They just can't stand having to measure themselves against the word of 'their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ'.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. They just want that mean ol' Old Testament gawd to like them best!

[DetlefK]

3. They want a mean OT God but without the mean OT rules.

No bacon.
No shaving.
And don't forget to balm your beard with olive-oil.

Plus dozens of rules how to do this and that and how to worship in the temple.

[dalton99a]

2. Their mission to preach the gospel

[crazycatlady]

4. and churches wonder why they're losing young people in droves

[world wide wally]

5. When the world's biggest liar is your modern day figurehead...

you are fucked

[Marcuse]

6. Pharisees

[Wounded Bear]

7. There is a reason they called it The Enlightenment...

it was the era when knowledge and real world information began to supplant religious doctrine in how the world should be run.

[PatSeg]

8. Evangelicals and fundamentalists

endlessly praise Jesus the Savior, but they tend to live by the teachings of the Old Testament, ignoring pretty much everything their "savior" said, did, or taught. Jesus said, "love thy neighbor" or "do unto others" and they say "an eye for an eye" - lots of revenge, violence, and damnation.

They also might want to pay attention to what Jesus said about hypocrites and ostentatious public displays of prayer.

[malaise]

9. If there is social justice

the sheeple won't need to depend on these snakeoil sales folks and grifters.