All Things Go

Apr. 10, 2012 at 10:20am with 53 notes

Reblogged from newsweek

Newsweek: apoplecticskeptic: “I think it’s disingenuous that magazines like...

Yep.

“I think it’s disingenuous that magazines like “Newsweek” know that their circulation goes up at Christmas and Easter if they put a spiritual issue on the cover, but it’s always bait and switch. They never tell the stories, never tell the stories of what the good — what good the church is doing. Never. It’s always some obscure scholar, who’s debating something that kind of supposedly disproves this or that, or Andrew Sullivan — I don’t consider Andrew Sullivan to be a religious authority, okay? And so it is — they know they’re going to make money, every time you put Jesus on the cover of a magazine, it skyrockets. You go do the history. “Time” magazine, “Life” magazine, “U.S. News and World Report,” those are always the best issues. So they make money on it, but then it’s a bait and switch, and it’s always a disappointment. And I wish they would have a little bit more integrity than that, and tell the other side of the story, maybe just occasionally.” — Rick Warren, who knows a thing or two about exploiting religion for personal gain, to ABC news. (Rick Warren: ‘Newsweek’ Exploiting Easter With Religious Cover)

Whenever the salesmen from within Christianity like to argue from a position of spiritual authority (or point out the lack thereof), I’m always gleefully reminded of their hero Jesus’ particular disdain for the Church’s authority in their very own stories.

We mean, It’s really no surprise that Rick Warren is upset with a story that says Christianity has been destroyed by politics, priests, and get-rich evangelists (see: Warren, Rick), and urges you follow the purer teachings of Jesus instead. That’s bad for business!