ABC's World News reports on Wallis' call for Beck boycott over "social justice" comments

"Point out one communist/socialist regime that has a higher standard of living than the U.S.A. "

I know it will do no good, but you seem to be new here, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and answer your request:

Canada.

And just in case you want more:

Sweden
Germany
France
Switzerland
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
The Netherlands

I'm sure you'll argue now that these nations don't have a "higher standard of living" because the USA is the awesomest nation ever, but fact is, each one has a lower infant mortality rate, a more stable middle class, a larger social safety net including health care and unemployment insurance which exceeds ours, etc. etc.

You won't believe it, because your ideology requires that you ignore reality, I know. But I thought I'd answer your question anyway.

affirmative action is a form of social justice and it has been wildly successful at bringing blacks and hispanics into the middle class over the past generation and not at the expense of white americans.

There's also a big difference between social justice and the "social justice" inferred by the likes of Glenn Beck.

All of our churches and every country in the free world has always believed in social justice. Today's right wing infers that it's a form of socialism, when in fact it's what we've always called society and following Christ's teachings about caring for the least of us.

Bingo! The libs are trying to frame religion in a political context to suit their own viewpoints. THis is beyond intellectually dishonest.

They speak about seperation of CHurch and state (which is not in the COnstitution - it was in one of Jefferson's letters), but when it suits their purposes they will deliberately bastardize Christian social teaching to suit their purposes. Christian social teaching is not a buffet line. YOu can not pick and choose which parts of it to accept. You either accept all of none of it. Christian social teachings is crystal clear: it opposes abortion and homosexuality.

I have travelled extensively to every continent except Africa. My conclusion based upon my travels is that the best country in the world is the USA. Having been to many many places, the USA is by far my my overwhelming preference in terms of where I wish to live.

If the libs love all of these European socialist paradises so much, they should go live there and leave us alone in this country.

Unfortunately, Political Social Justice has to take over when Christians and Jews and Buddhists etc, fail to live up to the tennants of their faith. As a church worker I have worked with those in abject poverty and unfortunately, some of them were there because the made terrible choices. They were often surrounded by very large churches who never even considered ministering to those sad, undernourished and sad families. Frankly, there is no other Gospel except the social justice gospel! Christ plainly stated that we are our brother's keeper. I belong to the LDS Church and I catagorically state that our Church has in the past, now does and will continue to practice the tennants of social justice. To do less would be shirking commands direct from Christ. That Glenn Beck attempts to hijack the term does not change the fact that Christ's entire time on this earth showed us to care for the lame, the sick, the poor and the outcasts. Speaking only for myself, I state catagorically that I would flee from any church that does not practice social justice. For me, that would make the church into a sham!

Bull. Beck said what he said. He started backtracking when he started getting slammed.

Thanks for your input. I think Beckie Boy's celebrity has gone to his head, the more he gets, the more he craves.

Thanx LOW