Glenn Beck: 'Obama's not a racist, he's demonic' (Video)

the vast majority have people have a lot more in common with Obama's faith than they do with becks

The vast majority of Americans have little in common with either. Black Liberation Theology , which is/ was Obama's faith for 17 years is specifically pro black and anti white. In other words, racist.

Beck played a montage of clips from the president stating variations of the theme that individual and collective salvation are intertwined. “”My individual salvation rests on our collective salvation,” says Obama in one clip. Beck jumped on this equation as his most critical evidence that the president is not really a Christian – and by implication, not a loyal American. Then he unloaded.

“It does not. It does not," he asserted. "That is not a Christian belief.”

Rather, he said, it is liberation theology – a Catholic movement aligned with Marxism that originated in Latin America.

ok beck calls this liberation theology and if obama is speaking of the salvation of his soul then maybe it is outside of what christ came for in order to free all mens souls.

obama's statement:

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You can take your diploma, walk off this stage and chase only after the big house and the nice suits and the other things that our money culture says you should buy, you can choose to narrow your concerns and live life in a way that tries to keep your story separate from America's, but I hope you don't, not because you have an obligation to those who are less fortunate, although I believe you do have that obligation; not because you have a debt to all those who helped you get to where you are today, although I do believe you have that debt to pay. It's because you have an obligation to yourself. Because our individual salvation depends on collective salvation.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: And recognizing that my fate remain tied up with their fates, that my individual salvation is not going to come about without a collective salvation for the country.

this is speaking of the salvation of us as a people, not individual souls, not in a religious manner at all. this is about the present not the afterlife. twisting the words of obama in the manner that beck has done only proves that glen beck still wants to do anything he can to discredit obama in his own campaign for the position of god.

twisting the words of Obama in the manner that beck has done only proves that glen beck still wants to do anything he can to discredit obama in his own campaign for the position of god.

Ain't that the truth. It is so frustrating to see these lies day after day after day. Obama could sit and quote bible scriptures 24/7 and these people would still find some way to distort and skew it to suit their agendas. I know for certain that these people are no representatives of God. How many in the dead sea of people at Beck's alter this weekend know that though? I never would have thought I'd have seen what I saw this weekend. Who's next to champion such a cause/venue? Perez Hilton? Larry Flint? This is precisely the company that Beck keeps in my mind.

Obama could sit and quote bible scriptures 24/7 and these people would still find some way to distort and skew it to suit their agendas

wrong version of the bible you know and with beck, "what would joseph smith have said about it".

Black Liberation Theology , which is/ was Obama's faith for 17 years is specifically pro black and anti white. In other words, racist.

It may be pro black, but it is not anti white. It is pro justice.

http://www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/perspectives/twentyseven.html

What is the goal of a black theology of liberation? Is it a society in which blacks are given special treatment and rights? No. All Black theologians are asking for is for freedom and justice. No more, and no less. In asking for this, the Black theologians, turn to scripture as the sanction for their demand. The Psalmist writes for instance, "If God is going to see righteousness established in the land, he himself must be particularly active as 'the helper of the fatherless' (Psalm 10:14) to 'deliver the needy when he crieth; and the poor that hath no helper' (Psalm 72:12).

Karl Barth--who was not black--recognized the legitimacy of this demand. "For this reason, Barth wrote, "in the relations and events in the life of his people, God always takes his stand unconditionally and passionately on this side alone: against the lofty and on behalf of the lowly; against those who already enjoy right and privilege and on behalf of those who are denied it and deprived of it."

Black Liberation Theology , which is/ was Obama's faith for 17 years is specifically pro black and anti white. In other words, racist.

You can tell by his black running mate Joe Biden.

Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.

This is a quote from the man who is probably most responsible for Black Liberation Theology, James Cone.

Hmmm, seems you would have to examine more than <10 lines of text to see what an ideology is about. Having explored my spirituality...after being raised as a Christian my whole life...I learned to hone in on the primary tenets of religions...there are but a few tell tale issues of course. What I seem to be looking at in that quote are manipulations by man found in every religion. In seeking to find the "truth" as connected to ancestry of a people not native to this country, many authors and spokespersons could not resist politicizing and profiting from the opportunity to shape the discussion.

But, most importantly, Black Theology isn't a singular religion. Everything related to self empowerment/improvement and/or religion addressed or filtered to a Black or URBAN audience just seems to get lumped under the heading. There's a historical basis about how social, political, religious subjects were addressed to the Black community. Historically it was often from a pulpit, but not from the pages of some exclusive Blacks only bible.

But say what you must to peddle fear.

Cone later admitted that his language was extreme in his earlier books. I do not believe that he considered all white people to be enemies of black people, but that white people who oppressed black people through acts such as lynchings were the enemies of black people.

http://www.answers.com/topic/james-cone

In looking back on these earlier books, Cone later admitted that he would no longer use such extreme language, but, nevertheless, his condemnation of racism and oppression was as strong as ever.

He wrote in Cross Currents in 1977: "I think that the time has come for black theologians and church people to move beyond a mere reaction to white racism in America and begin to extend our vision of a new socially constructed humanity in the whole inhabited world. … For humanity is whole, and cannot be isolated into racial and national groups." Cone readily admitted that in his earlier years as a theologian he failed to appreciate that he was guilty of male chauvinism and sexist language, especially with respect to Black women. In the introduction to the revised edition of Black Theology and Black Power he wondered aloud, "With black women playing such a dominant role in the African-American liberation struggle, past and present, how could I have been so blind?"

John Russell - may I ask where you and the others here heard that the President practices "Black Theology", as opposed to a possible belief in "Liberation Theology"

Liberation theology^[1] is a movement in Christian theology which interprets the teachings of Jesus Christin terms of a liberation from unjust economic, political, or social conditions. It has been described by proponents as "an interpretation of Christian faith through the poor's suffering, their struggle and hope, and a critique of society and the Catholic faith and Christianity through the eyes of the poor",^[2] and by detractors as Christianity influenced by Marxism and Communism.^[3]

Although liberation theology has grown into an international and inter-denominational movement, it began as a movement within the Roman Catholic church in Latin America in the 1950s - 1960s. Liberation theology arose principally as a moral reaction to the poverty caused by social injustice in that region. The term was coined in 1971 by the Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez, who wrote one of the movement's most famous books, A Theology of Liberation. Other noted exponents are Leonardo Boff of Brazil, Jon Sobrino of El Salvador, and Juan Luis Segundo of Uruguay.^[4][5][6]

^{OK, let me guess? Beck told you, right? And what has he as prove of this latest piece of BS?}

beej mcl @2.3

Thanks for providing the full context of President Obama's remarks. There are people will only accept the president's words based upon Beck's presentation. I appreciate your effort to inform us.

It's easy to pull information out of context. Apparently, it's also easy to denigrate a Christian because that Christian holds the Christian community to an individual and collective standard. We are charged to pray alone so that no one sees or hears us. We are also charged to work together. What I just stated paraphrases the president. I guess that makes me demonic.

JohnRussell --

can't forget how 'white ' christians made God and Jesus to look. can you ?

JohnRussell --

from wiki shows that during the jim crow days and segregation Mr Cone was saying if 'white' churches supported racism, lynching than blacks should NOT go to those churches but you can twist the words if you wish just that you are wrong.

"Cone's theology also received significant inspiration from a frustration with the Black struggle for civil rights; he felt that Black Christians in North America should not follow the "white Church", on the grounds that it was a willing part of the system that had oppressed black people. Accordingly, his theology was heavily influenced by Malcolm X and the Black Power movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. was also an important influence; Cone describes King as a liberation theologian avant la lettre.^{[4]" wikipedia}

Glen Beck is a jackass who is self promoting his way into the history books. The left has played into his hands at every turn.

Not sure how you arrived at such a lopsided conclusion here.... It's the right that are desperate for anything or anybody preaching for a return to times of old when there was some notional pecking order in the world. They confuse the correlation of the end of times of prosperity for the nation with the embracing of diversity and inclusion/acceptance as causality. The error is so elementary that it's hard not to look down upon him and all of his sheeple. Sue me.

Glenn Beck's audience in raw numbers is relatively tiny. The outrage against him by the left has made him into a folk hero and thus an appropriate subject for the media to dote on and obsess over. If the left had not demonized him for the past couple years, his influence would be confined to his viewership and listenership. which is a few million people nationwide.

Now he is on the front page of every paper and the lead story of every media outlet in the country. The liberal outrage and OBSESSION with him, which is clearly evidenced EVERY SINGLE DAY on Newsvine, is at fault.

I don't know anyone, religious or not, who would claim that Jesus didn't exist...its fairly clear through documentation that he was an important historical figure....the folks you speak of just don't buy into the claim that he was the son of God...

The outrage against him by the left has made him into a folk hero and thus an appropriate subject for the media to dote on and obsess over.

Not a totally objective stance you got there John. Beck is but one example of the right's willingness to beatify anyone who says the right code words speaking to it's narrow audience. The funny thing is that the talking heads only share those things that divide us in common. The REALLY funny thing is when the superficiality wears through and the lack of substance and/or moral fiber is exposed. The really REALLY funny thing is that nobody on the right ever sees it coming.

By John Russell's logic, the Catholic Church would be the preeminent Marxist organization today.

I am so sick and tired of astroturfed Tea Potty rage.

Hope he rates right up there in the history books with Tricky Dick Nixon.

JohnRussell

Glenn Beck's audience in raw numbers is relatively tiny. The outrage against him by the left has made him into a folk hero and thus an appropriate subject for the media to dote on and obsess over. If the left had not demonized him for the past couple years, his influence would be confined to his viewership and listenership. which is a few million people nationwide.

Now he is on the front page of every paper and the lead story of every media outlet in the country. The liberal outrage and OBSESSION with him, which is clearly evidenced EVERY SINGLE DAY on Newsvine, is at fault.

Beck was nothing until a black man became president. where was he while Bush was in office lying ? Bush is connected via family roots to Hitler and the SS. Did business with them. Where was the outrage then ?

the Left never would have noticed Beck had Beck kept his trap shut over Obama. So who do you think threw the first stone there ?

Becks a paranoid little man. Just like Rush . who make their money off the gullible.

Beck in his attack on Obama says that a Christian collective is demonic? A congregation/church is a collective. Are you, Spirit, like Beck saying the term "collective" is a perversion even though it applies universally to all people gathered, collectively, to praise GOD and/or to perform work in the name of GOD?

When people don't know that a term has various definitions, they accept the only one presented as though that's all that a term can be represented to mean. In addition to the meaning that Beck associates with liberation theology, the term "collective" is defined as corporate: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" forming a whole or aggregate members of a cooperative enterprise . . . like . . . a . . . church.

The actual problem with Beck name-calling out Obama is that a Christian [Beck] is standing in judgement of another Christian [Obama] to turn people away from the name called Christian as well as to attempt to make the name-called Christian feel bad about himself and his personal connection to GOD due to the name-called judgement. Name calling is the devil's work and that's demonic.

fact is ? 'the devil ' 'Satan ' and lucifer as christianity portrays them ? made up.

the devil , aka Satan is still an angel of God and can only do as God wants. and Lucifer ? refers to the king of Babylon. a real man. Neither of which fell anywhere .

Demons ? lol don't exist. mental illness does like Beck has , suggestion , mans label on something he doesn't exist. even a litarary slight at hate and preference of one over another. for example the story of Jesus sending ' demons' into a herd of swine.
why swine instead of sheep ? goats ? jews did not eat swine. only gentiles did. Jesus had no love for gentiles which is why he instructed his disciples to not preach to them. it is however a good story to get across how one group feels about another. and swine ? were never left to 'herd' . they were always kept penned or they go wild and are a menace to crops , as well as health. the pig was domesticated about 4500 years ago in China.

as for ' the anti christ ' ?

* Morale booster: The book was written at a time of intermittent persecutions of Christians by the Roman Empire. Its purpose may have been simply to encourage Christians at that difficult time. It is typical of apocalyptic writings common among Jewish and Christian writers during the first century CE. According to James Kelhoffer, an assistant professor of theological studies at Saint Louis University:

"Many people who have interpreted the rich symbolism and mythology of [Revelation] have read into it to reflect on a world cataclysm within their lifetime. It greatly misunderstands ancient Jewish and Christian prophets who always talk about apocalypses within their own time, not several centuries hence.
tp://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_ntb5b.htm

say you living in a country where if you dissented you could be killed but you wanted to get a message to a bunch of people.. you would write in terms that they would understand but those who dictated over you did not. ... that is the basis for Revelation in a simple explanation , but if you wish .... here ..
http://www.pbs.org/w...mary/white.html

I

My grandma was a lifelong Republican---until she switched to independent. She's always believed in the separation of church and state and she says she will never vote Republican again until the GOP stops injecting religion into politics.

Go Granny,Go!

King Dave

He dose have a following and the shame of it is so dose that woman "whats her name" and they both are making money on there brand of Hate. There disgusting display on saturday should but I guess not wake up the American People. The other thing I find disgusting is that there are so few republicans that are taking exception to them.

JP today:

"King Dave has just proven to the world the extreme ignorance of the religious folks. Of course he had to throw obama's name in there, like all right-wingers do. You people are INSANE!!!!!"

There is a few ways to defend against Republican non-sense."

It's not a news channel. It's a for profit business that makes $. Unlike NBC which is a for profit business that doesn't make $.

Yes, he's nuts, "an idiot, a racist, a demon, selling a load of BS". Why didn't we think of it and make big $?

shamwow-camera-guy

I love how desperate you libs are getting as November draws closer...just sad

Sad NO.. We have Joy in our harts that the best you people on the right have is people like Beck and Palin have to cheer about. If you had real solutions for any of the problems we face to day than we might not ridicule you so much.

GWB said he was doing what God wanted him to do but I for one think not. "Or that's what I believe" we make choices and only at the end of time will he say they were right or wrong.

SO SAD that you all believe he will tell you what to do well I do not believe you have read the same bible I did. There is noting in the bible from what I have read that you all believe Christ would approve of. If anything He was more of a liberal than what you might think.

Not to say you all are going to Hell but !!!!!

I do not believe you have read the same Bible I did.

If they had read the same Bible you and I have read they would not be in the business of slandering a duly elected president. Just the opposite they would be lifing him up in prayer every day.