AFA spokesman says Jesus would "take a whip" to Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street, the ongoing series of demonstrations protesting social and economic inequality, corporate greed, corruption and influence over government which, in just over a month, has spread from Zucotti Park in New York to over 900 cities all over the world, has picked up a few enemies along the way. And these enemies are not only banks, financial corporations, lobbyists and Tea Party conservatives; they also include Jesus...

 

At least according to a number of leaders on the religious right.

 

Pat Robertson, who previously, on his 700 Club TV program, called OWS protesters "nuts" and "clowns" being used by President Obama to "revolt," yesterday (Oct. 27) urged Christians not to join the demonstrations (see video at left).

 

Today, American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer went a little further and enlisted Jesus in the opposition to OWS. Fischer was answering a question asked by a CNN newsman in the wake of the movement recently applying for 501(c)(3) tax status and raising $500,000 in donations.

 

Here's some of what Fischer wrote in his blog article, Would Jesus occupy Wall Street? Not on your life:

 

A CNN anchor asked earlier this week whether or not Jesus would occupy Wall Street.

That question can be answered with a categorical “No.”

First, Jesus has no truck with rank, blatant hypocrites. The OWS crowd has now fallen to squabbling over who gets a slice of the $500,000 which has been donated to them, and which, by the way, they put in one of the evil, greedy banks they are out to destroy...

Secondly, Jesus has no truck with those whose entire agenda is to flagrantly disobey two of the Ten Commandments of God.

God said, “Thou shalt not steal,” a commandment Jesus affirmed on numerous occasions. Stealing is wrong, and it doesn’t make it right when government does it under color of law...

And the OWS crowd is animated by a thoroughly ugly disregard for the 10th Commandment as well. God says, “Thou shalt not covet...any thing that is thy neighbor’s.” And yet the Occupiers are driven by a dark, bitter, resentful, angry and acquisitive greed for stuff that belongs to other people.

I submit that no political program that is predicated on a violation of twenty percent of God’s moral law can possibly be right, can possibly work, or can possibly be good for America.

Jesus took a whip to the thieves and the covetous in his day. If he were to come back and do the same thing today, he just might start in Zuccotti Park.

In other words, he might occupy Wall Street after all.

Right. Because as we all know, Jesus was real fond of the money-changers.

You can read the full text of Bryan Fischer's article here but the short version is that he thinks OWS want to use the power of government to redistribute wealth and are therefore greedy and corrupt.

Right. Like the banking and other corporate lobbyiing interests have always refrained from doing because they're such good citizens.

More articles on the antics of Bryan Fischer, the AFA and Pat Robertson can be found in the "suggested by author" section below.

(Thanks and a tip of the Hatlo hat go to Right Wing Watch for some of the links)

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