Video: Debunked Historian David Barton Rewrites Jesus Christ's Words to Attack U.S Tax System

Maybe you need to read Jesus' parable on the talents which Barton referes to here. Obviously you didn't recognize that he quoted the next to last verse of this parable's passage in Matthew 25:14-30.

Remember the outcome? Two where rewarded because they made a profit; and the other who hid his, and who then had it taken away and he was cast out of the LORD's kingdom.

Hmmmm... no rewriting there. You folks need to read your bibles on your own instead of taking other people's here-say opinions as fact.

This website scrolls NewsMax headlines in a box on the right-hand side of every single page. NewsMax is known to be FOX-NEWS-CHANNEL-like in its being so to the Right that it's almost the propaganda arm of the Republican party and conservatives. How, then, could this website possibly be the bastion of liberalism that you so wrongly suggest? I've seen PLENTY of uncritical articles about the GOP and conservatives, around here.

Conservatives always claim/complain that media -- pretty much all media, except maybe for the likes of FOX and NewsMax -- is to liberal. And that, of course, is because such media, if it does its job, exposes the Right's bad behavior and ridiculous ideas. Those on the Right have become too accustomed to such as FOX unabashedly lying even when the truth fits better. Truth is the enemy of those on the Right.

And, by the way, OPPOSING VIEWS's job has never been to offer "a variety of unpopular viewpoint articles, to promote discussion." For such purposes, the word "unpopular" isn't even definable. One man's ceiling is another man's floor; one man's unpopular is another man's... well... you get the point. It's all relative. So how could this -- or any other -- website's purpose possibly be what you just described? In order to be anything even akin to that, to whom said articles are unpopular would have to be specified.

You're a conservative, and so the articles, here, it sounds like, aren't sufficiently unpopular to at least you; and so they're not in keeping with what you thought was OPPOSING VIEWS's purpose. But, again, any website that isn't a Republican echo chamber, like FOX and NewsMax, will ALWAYS be a disappointment to your likes... because there's too much truth-telling going on on them. That's why your ilk wants to stop funding public broadcasting, because there's too much truth-telling. If it were FOX being so funded, you'd scream bloody murder at a presidential candidate promising it would end said funding as Romney did in the first debate.

Moreover, your very complaint belies what you claim. You DO mind hearing from both sides. You're upset because this website doesn't, in your opinion, officially espouse enough of YOUR side. You don't want to read BOTH sides. You want to read YOUR side. So you're not interested in solutions. You're interested in more of your Right-winged, (Insani)Tea-Party crap!

The GOP and conservatives NEED to be bashed... in article after article... here and everywhere. They need to be shown for what they truly are, as the very "liberal" media you all so hate is so good at doing. The GOP and conservatives are about deregulation so that banks can bankrupt Americans as we're still all reeling from their having just done; they're about pejoratively characterizing as "entitlements" the safety nets that evidence our humanity and caring for those who can't take care of themselves, and trying to do away with them; they're about racism, and sexism and denying basic civil and economic rights to women and the LGBT community; they say they want government out of people's personal lives, but only if said personal lives don't include things they hate, like homosexuality, same-sex marriage, or abortion... speaking of which, they deny funding to such as Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions, and throw out the baby with the bathwater by also, in the process, denying basic healthcare, such as breast and cervical exams to the women who rely on Planned Parenthood for those things, too! By denying a woman's right to choose, the GOP and conservatives wish to ensure that women who wanted to terminate their pregnancies so that they wouldn't have to raise a child in poverty are guaranteed that that's what will happen; and then because she and her child will rely on what the GOP and conservatives pejoratively call "entitlements," which they want to stop, the GOP and conservatives demonstrate how they love the fetus, but hate the child, and can still sleep at night.

The GOP and conservatives think only of either themselves, or others who will benefit them. They WANT the middle-class to go away, and for there to be only rich and poor, like both in this country's not-so-distant past, and like some countries have only ever known. If they have their climate-change-denying way, the polar ice caps will melt, resulting in five or more meters of sea level rise, and they will blame it on liberals. If they have their way, people without the ability to pay for proper healthcare -- or possibly even any healthcare at all -- will literally die for lack of it; and those who've paid for their entire working lives into the Social Security system will have their money privately controlled, and so it will go to the robber barrens of the likes who used TARP and bailout money to give themselves raises rather than that which they were charged to do with it when it was given to them.

I could go on, and on, and on...

...but it's all just wated on your likes. You refuse to see what's right there in front of you. And by it, you wish others harm... genuine harm. The desires an acts of such as you have real consequences in the lives of real people. It's not all just theoretical. People are actually and really harmed by the GOP and conservatives. Trickle down is a myth. Privatization is corrupt. The (Insani)Tea Party lies; and is as dangerous to the United States as any enemy it has ever faced because it is happy to bring this nation to its knees with its intransigence, thinking, stupidly, that it can then rebuild this nation in a better way.

I get so angry and depressed about it all that it sometimes almost literally brings me to my knees in despair. Shame on the lot of you for your lying manipulations and ill will. Trust me, websites like this NEED to be exposing the genuine and unmitigated awfulness of the GOP and conservatives. Truth win out!

The "Prosperity Gospel" being preached here by Barton and his ilk is a Theological controversy within Christianity. It is a controversy that goes directly to interpretation of Jesus's quotes in the New Testament. This should be an important discussion for all Christians to weigh in on. What is Jesus telling his chosen about personal wealth, coveting material possessions & money?. That was a specific question 2000 years ago as it is today for those who want to live by Christ's teachings. As I read the Bible & New Testament I believed Jesus to say that spiritual salvation WAS the only true wealth for mankind. I didn't read anything to make me believe Jesus felt financially well-to-do people could not be saved. It was their motivations for getting money & how they used their finances which determined their worthiness to enter God's Kingdom. It is God's judgement of a man's soul which matters, not the judgement of his fellow man, for only God can look into the souls of men and know them for who they are.

I am not a Christian, but I prefer to believe most Christian's reject the "name it & claim it" interpretation of the "Prosperity Gospel". I respect those who believe Luke's parable meant the more faith you have the more faith you shall receive. The more you give to others, more will be given to you.

http://bible.org/article/bankruptcy-prosperity-gospel-exercise-biblical-and-theological-ethics

I'm sick of it too.

"David Barton has one of the most significant collections of their original writings in private hands. "

Only according to Barton. His last book was so full of lies the publisher recalled the book. Have you ever heard of that before or since? He made up the quotes that supposedly came from his private collection.

A person can be a liar, a fraud, a con man, but if he claims to be a Christian, people will defend him.

I've never given that much thought until reading this article, but yes, the communist philosophy of taking from the productive and giving to the non-productive is the opposite of what's represented here. That's why communist societies never prosper to any great degree until they embrace some form of capitalism. Our own society is increasingly socialist and degrading as a result. This doesn't mean you forget the poor as Paul said in Gal 2:10. But obviously each servant started out with one Mina and the ones that turned a profit (wanted to please their master) were rewarded with cities (a connection between productivity and leadership)! The wicked servant that hid the Mina and returned it with no interest was stripped of his Mina and had it given to the one who accomplished the most. Now that's interesting because the Minas were not theirs, but the King's. So one would have to conclude that the additional Mina increased the first servant's reward, perhaps another city. The last statement is fairly ominous - don't want to be in the group that doesn't want the one who went away and then returned as King, because your end isn't so pleasant.

You don't know anyone who has more knowledge about the founding fathers? ROFL! Barton is a quack and lap dog for the "Christian nation" bunch who's revisionist history has been refuted many times over. I suggest you read the "Liars For Jesus" books by Chris Rodda. SHE is a true scholar and historian who knows what the Founding Fathers said and believed. HINT: they DID NOT believe in Christianity nor did the found this country on Christian or Biblical principles. People FLED FROM nations founded on such to get here.

There are many historians who not only know more about the founding fathers, but also don't twist their words, misquote, and misrepresent them.