Posted on 10/09/2017 9:00:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
White Christians who are upset at NFL players who choose to protest during the playing of the national anthem are showing that they're more "white" than they are "Christian," the Rev. Jim Wallis has claimed.
Wallis, the president of the progressive Christian social justice organization Sojourners who is a prominent evangelical critic of President Donald Trump, wrote an op-ed published Thursday that commented on the emotionally charged issue of NFL national anthem protests and Trump's heated opposition to them.
Wallis stated that Sojourners has encouraged protests during the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner" before games as a "prophetic stance" that is "part of a tradition of black athletes taking a stand for racial justice in professional arenas."
The pattern of football players taking a knee or sitting during the national anthem began in 2016 with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick who began sitting before taking a knee to protest police brutality against African-Americans. It became widespread in the NFL after Trump argued last month that players who protest the anthem should be fired.
Although many approve of the NFL players' protesting during the national anthem, there are thousands of Americans who believe that protesting during the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner" is disrespectful to the country, military, veterans and the U.S. flag.
However, Wallis asserts that the facts of "disproportionate lethal state violence against people of color are beyond dispute" and justify such protests. He continued by stating that "white sports fans" and others who voiced their displeasure with "Kaepernick's witness" are simply "demonstrating their ignorance" about police violence against people of color.
Kaepernick was photographed at 49ers training camp practices wearing socks depicting cops as pigs and was reported to have donated $25,000 to "Assata's Daughters," a group named after FBI fugitive and convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur. His donation was made "as part of his goal to provide $100,000 to underprivileged communities. He designated $2,500 specifically for 'Cop Watch,' a program that trains volunteers to follow and videotape police officers," Town Hall reports.
"For white Christians who got angry, it sadly was one more example of white Christians showing their brothers and sisters of color that the operative word in their white Christian identity is not 'Christian,' but 'white,'" Wallis wrote.
Although over 200 players throughout the league engaged in some form national anthem protest in Sunday games after Trump called for protesters to be fired on Friday, Sept. 22, fewer players have engaged in protests in the weeks to follow.
"It remains to be seen how long and to what degree these protests will last, as there is tremendous pressure on the players from President Trump, many owners, and some sponsors to 'stick to sports,'" Wallis stated. "This language — and the critiques saying those who take a knee are disrespecting the flag or the troops — is an attempt to veil the problem so many in power have with mostly black athletes protesting police violence against people of color and broader systemic racism."
Wallis also criticized the president for the fact that his comments about the NFL anthem protests and ensuing tweets throughout that weekend came on the same weekend that Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Wallis said that Trump seemed to show that he cared more about his feud with the NFL than he did a "U.S. territory mostly populated by people of color."
"This is what has been made clear: Donald Trump doesn't really believe in the equality of citizens of color in America. He doesn't accept the fact that they deserve equal and fair protection under the law, or relief and support when they are in jeopardy from natural disasters. He just doesn't believe it. And he actively appeals to a core Trump base that doesn't believe it either," Wallis argued. "And this is what has been made clear to me: We all need to take a knee for racial justice, in our stadiums, our churches, and in our common community spaces."
Wallis added that Trump's opposition to anthem protests shows that it's "time for Christians to take a knee and pray for our country to survive a president who is utterly devoid of humanity, and whose actions empower and exacerbate the forces of racial inequity."
Although Wallis asserts that many who oppose the national anthem protests are ignorant of the facts of police violence, virginia pastor E.W. Jackson, an African-American, argued recently that the national anthem protests are not a "black thing."
The conservative pastor and activist said in a video that the data shows that the dis proportionate level of police violence against African-Americans is due to the fact African-Americans commit more crimes. Jackson added that "there is no epidemic of police brutality against black people."
"Just look at the Bureau of Justice statistics. That's the fact," Jackson contended. "Black men commit a disproportionate amount of violent crimes. You might not like to hear that but it's the truth."
"I am not saying that no police officer has ever done anything wrong and that no police officer has ever behaved racially. I am not saying that," Jackson continued. "I know better than that. What I am saying that is statistically, there is no epidemic of police brutality. There is epidemic of black-on-black crime and murder. That's the problem but you don't want to talk about that."
Wallis asserts that the facts of “disproportionate lethal state violence against people of color are beyond dispute”
Unless you use actual facts and statistics!
Phonies like this are always off the mark, and off their nut.
Neither do most people.
Yet each year an average of about 300 Americans are killed or injured by lightning. That's approximately 40 more than the number of blacks killed by the police in 2015. p<>Is there an "epidemic" of Americans being struck and injured by lightning?
Above from link: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/28/the_national_anthem_protests_--_do_facts_matter_135123.html
“you must be born again” kind of covers it.
"Do you know anyone who has been struck by lightning?"
Neither do most people.
Yet each year an average of about 300 Americans are killed or injured by lightning. That's approximately 40 more than the number of blacks killed by the police in 2015. p<>Is there an "epidemic" of Americans being struck and injured by lightning?
Above from link: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/28/the_national_anthem_protests_--_do_facts_matter_135123.html
I have...
He is part of the Christian Infiltration by the RATS which began in 2008.
Big Obama supporter
Are we going to allow this lie to go on unanswered?
It is a lie.
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>> ““you must be born again” kind of covers it.” <<
Really, no.
John chapter 3 is about the specifics of salvation, in that we must actually be recreated as a special creation, a “Son of God.”
It is not about what brings about salvation in the behavioral sense. “Born Again” is in every sense a future event that only happens at the Day of Trumpets.
John 3 is one of the deliberately misrepresented scriptures that is a part of the “Inherited Lies” Jeremiah spoke of.
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Wallis is a spokesman for the “Emergent” church...a “Christian” movement that focuses less on Christ and more on the latest leftist social concern. Think liberation theology for Gen X or Millennials.
Wallis is a heretic.
Wallis is far more MARXIST than he is Christian, if a person judges him by his fruit, which is rotten with Marxism.
He's dangerous.
He's the guy that Nancy Pelosi hired in 2004 to teach Democrats how to speak "religious" after exit polls from John Kerry's loss exposed so-called "values voters" who tilted the election to Bush.
Wallis worked with Democrats on how to insert religious words and concepts into their speeches. It must have worked, because they took control of the House in 2006 after the Mark Foley House page scandal.
Google Wallis Values Voters 2004 for more.
-PJ
“Jim Wallis is more communist than white and is not Christian at all. He just claims to be, hoping to lead Christians astray.”
My sentiments exactly. There is nothing remotely Christian about this pagan commie. He is satanic IMHO, giving proof to the fact that Lucifer and his minion are well-schooled in Scripture, and able to use it selectively to decieve.
He also just made a thoroughly racist statement
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Luke 9:27
27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
The kingdom obviously came back then.
The “people of color” and “white people” designations are pathetic to me. We are American. We should be true to ourselves and strive for utmost character. I personally owe NOTHING to any of the malcontents of our country who will NEVER be content.
Wallis is nothing more than a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He claims Christianity while he preaches anti-Trump actions and blames Trump for something that the players are doing.
He has no idea what this protest is about. And I have seen nothing of substance from anyone that is complaining about their protest. They are complaining about the way it is being done, not that they are doing it. They have, in this country, the privilege of voicing a political opinion almost where ever they wish, about whatever they wish, as long as they don’t infringe the rights and privileges of others.
But the negative issue is not black/white, like Wallis is saying. The negative issue is that the protesters have taken a stance in a way that disrespects people who helped them get to this point and displayed their respect for the protesters. And they have done nothing beyond that point, like meeting with people like senators, congressmen, or even the president, to voice their problems to those that might help them. So I have no idea what they are trying to prove.
A letter from the Broncos locker room from he players said they will come to the bench for the Anthem, and they had no idea they were insulting or disrespecting this country’s fallen. That is even more insulting to everyone as they knew that was happening within a week after Colin did it originally. So that’s a blatant, damn lie. Which just makers it worse.
And Wallis is the worst as he is using God. They all will have to stand in front of their maker at some point. I would say God help them, but he/she probably will.
rwood
Another holier than thou AH!
How can a progressive label himself a Christian? The two are mutually exclusive.
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