Posted on 12/20/2010 6:23:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The founder of a leading tea party group is showing himself to be quite the bizarre extremist, shocking I know. Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips became worked up after seeing a banner supporting the DREAM Act on a Washington area Methodist Church. He promptly posted an anti-immigration screed on his website, wherein he said “My dream is the Methodist church goes out of business.” He then proceeded to paint the church as a breeding ground for “Karl Marx” Communists and socialists.
If this makes no sense to you, join the club.
“I have a DREAM. That is, no more United Methodist Church. I grew up in the Methodist church. I left as a teenager because the Methodist Church is little more than the first Church of Karl Marx. After all, what can you say about a church that considers Hillary Clinton to be a member in good standing?” Today, the Methodist Church is little more than the “religious” arm of socialism, writes Phillips.
He then went on to rail against socialist “ObamaCare” and undocumented immigrants.
“The Methodist church is pro-illegal immigration. They have been in the bag for socialist health care, going as far as sending out emails to their membership “debunking” the myths of Obamacare.”
Phillips added that members of the Methodist Church are anti-American.
“In short, if you hate America, you have a great future in the Methodist church, said Phillips.
Recently, Phillips said it “makes a lot of sense” to restrict voting rights to property owners. And he has called for his tea party mob to “retire” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), because he is Muslim.
You may recall Philips paid former half-term governor Sarah Palin a reported $100,000 to deliver the keynote speech at his Tea Party Nation convention in February. During a question and answer segment, Palin previewed her hand teleprompter with scribbled notes on the palm of her hand.
Come on over to the Baptist curch! We might not look at you and the liquor store, but at least mine keeps America first.
“Bizaare extremist”. It worked to paint Angle with those words, it will work for the rest of the Tea Party too. Of course, it helps if you have labor unions counting votes as well...
The United Methodist Church isn’t a monolithic entity. There is a significant conservative element within it.
Most of the time, it varies by region how screwed up it is. The Midwest and South, it’s pretty sound. The Pacific Northwest, not so much.
I love this guy!! I left the methodist franchisee here in my home town when they were sending money to Mugabe to kill white farmers in Southern Rhodesia. These are the most anti Christ satanic folks you can find. They are ritualists and legalists even more than others.
I was in Des Moines.
Sad to say, the Methodist Church is no longer the church it was when our family started attending back in 1946.
Today they may not even be a church, except in name only. And they may not even be Methodist either.
My mother and Dad professed salvation in Christ there in 1947, as did my younger brother and sister.
It was just a small country church that had no teaching text, just a Bible.
Even before I was 14, I could see it changing as a new young Seminary student and his fiance come to minister, and begin to teach different messages, such as dancing was OK, and going to movies was OK. And all went the social gospel after that.
Remember the quote- “A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who reads and understands Marx.” -—Ronald Reagan
I grew up methodist too.
Its a mess but it can be fixed by individual congregations.
Sad to say, the Methodist Church is no longer the church it was when our family started attending back in 1946.
Today they may not even be a church, except in name only. And they may not even be Methodist either.
My mother and Dad professed salvation in Christ there in 1947, as did my younger brother and sister.
It was just a small country church that had no teaching text, just a Bible.
Even before I was 14, I could see it changing as a new young Seminary student and his fiance come to minister, and begin to teach different messages, such as dancing was OK, and going to movies was OK. And all went the social gospel after that.
Remember the quote- “A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who reads and understands Marx.” -—Ronald Reagan
UMC statement of beliefs:
http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1713687/k.1AAB/MethoPedia.htm
John Wesley wouldn’t know them.
Never go to a church that has a woman pastor. That itself is a violation of scripture. Read qualifications for the head of the church in Ephesians and 1 Timothy. It is men. If the church does not understand that it will not understand the teachings on sodomy. Every church that allows women to be pastors, sooner or later will give in to gay marriage and gay pastors. Remember, our faith is based on our relationship with Jesus Christ and the word of God, not an institution or building. Thus if a church no longer adheres to scripture, you have two choices, stay to reform it or look for another denomination. When churches understand that their flock can leave them for not adhering to scripture, child molestors, gay pastors, and female pastors would not take hold in the church. If people do not hold their church to standard, the leadership will take the easy way out of important confrontations.
He’s right. The Methodists have gone apostate. They’ve sold their souls for 30 pieces of silver.
In FR archives you can find the tale of my expulsion from our local United Marxodist Church because I wanted, among other things, Biblical teachings rather than stalinist tripe.
The Methodist Church was taken over by Marxists, long ago. And they are anti-Christian. My father-in-law, who died at age 98, watched the transformation of his church in Virgina and was not a happy camper about it.
Advocating against the rule of law and against America, is right up the church’s alley. Advocating for abortion, euthanisa, etc. is a part of the “church” now. My FIL was totally flipped out about it. It was sad to see him so disappointed and horrified. Although he was not one to flee and he worked dillegently against the Marxists, he lost.
I was asked in no uncertain terms to leave the ministry of the Baltimore Methodist Conference in 1985. At the time I had the largest ministry in the conference with more than 30 staff and an annual budget of more than 500K. I was deemed too independent of Church authority.
I was accused of being so authoritarian that my people, in the words of my Superintendent, “Are sheep who will follow you anywhere.” She could not acknowledge that I was faithful to Jesus’ charge to His disciples, “Feed my sheep.” I was also accused of neglecting the “middle class” of my parish by serving deeply troubled, broken and disabled people to the exclusion of those who were uncomfortable sitting next to the lowest of the low.
In fairness to my accusers I had little respect for the leadership of the Conference. When they threatened me with formal expulsion I cowed and resigned.
I resigned in the knowledge that my spiritual home was no longer the United Methodist Church that my family had faithfully served in ministry for more than 80 years.
Sadly, this fine old institution that brought England and the US to their knees in penitence 200 years before has lost its spiritual way.
Yes there are a few congregations and a few Conferences that struggle to remain Biblical. The time will likely come for them to affirm their faith by leaving this much too worldly organization.
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