White Pastor Calls MLK A ‘Non-Believer’

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We all know of white conservatives’ affinity for attempting to rewrite the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to suit their white, fragile and disingenuous “colorblind” narrative. We’ve seen over and over white America’s apply of lowering MLK’s total ideology to a single line about “content material” of “character” from a single speech to be able to morph the civil rights chief into an “All Lives Matter” advocate who didn’t see coloration although he mentioned loads of disparaging (and true) issues about white individuals throughout his life, which is smart contemplating the vast majority of white individuals disliked him even on the time of his loss of life.

Apparently sufficient, although, there seems to be a variety of fringe white nationalists who’ve a distinct tackle MLK—one which paints him as an immoral menace who did extra hurt than good for Black individuals and for America.

Meet John MacArthur, a pastor at Grace Group Church in Solar Valley, California.

In line with Proper Wing Watch, throughout Black Historical past Month, MacArthur took time throughout a sermon to criticize evangelical pastor group Collectively for the Gospel [T4G] for honoring King years in the past.

Apparently, John MacArthur doesn’t suppose MLK was a real believer.

“[T4G] purchased into the deceptiveness of the woke motion and the racial baiting that was happening a few years in the past, and it actually put them out of existence,” MacArthur mentioned, including, “The unusual irony was a 12 months later, they did the identical factor for Martin Luther King, who was not a Christian in any respect, whose life was immoral.”

“I’m not saying [MLK] didn’t do some social good, and I’ve at all times been glad he was a pacifist or he might have began an actual revolution,” MacArthur continued. “However you don’t honor a non-believer who misrepresented Christ and all the things in regards to the gospel.”

It’s not likely clear what MacArthur is on about right here. He appears to have determined that since MLK didn’t reside his life 100% by the great e-book, which nobody seemingly has, it means he wasn’t a believer. (For the sake of bandwidth, I’ll go forward and bypass the half the place the 84-year-old white pastor is relieved MLK practiced non-violent resistance as a result of he believes if that wasn’t the case, Black individuals would have been as violent and murderous as white individuals have been.) However MacArthur’s disdain for the civil rights icon shouldn’t be too shocking contemplating he seems to worship a God that not solely condones however calls for the subjugation of Black individuals.

From LGBTQ Nation:

In 2022, he mentioned that the so-called “Curse of Ham” explains racial disparities in wealth, earnings, and alternative. The curse, issued by the Biblical character Noah towards his son Ham for seeing his Noah bare and drunk, has been cited by white supremacist theologists for hundreds of years as a justification for the enslavement of and racism towards Black individuals.

MacArthur has beforehand mentioned, “The Bible is abundantly clear — slavery is the guts of what it means to be a real Christian,” and “Christianity doesn’t free slaves. Christianity doesn’t give equal social rights. … Jesus didn’t propound equal rights and he didn’t upset the social order…. Fairly, all of them affirmed that, with nice worry of God and nice respect, you might be to be submissive to your masters. Whether or not they’re good and delicate or whether or not they’re unreasonable — you might be to submit.”

Ahhh, so now it turns into clear. MLK was a “non-believer” not as a result of he didn’t worship a god, however as a result of he didn’t worship a white supremacist god.

Not solely does MacArthur weaponize his religion to justify slavery and racism, however he additionally insists that you simply’re no true Christian in case you’re not advocating for human bondage and racial discrimination. MacArthur’s literal reply to the query, “What would Jesus do?” seems to be, “Hold these negroes of their place!”

John MacArthur isn’t alone in attempting to vary the narrative relating to King. Turning Level USA founder {and professional} spreader of factless white nationalist idiocy Charlie Kirk lately promised his followers that he would expose the “fable” across the civil rights icon, who he has characterised as “terrible” and “not an excellent particular person.”

Right here’s the factor: Personally, I respect these takes greater than I respect the watered-down, race-neutral retelling of who MLK was. I respect loud and proud white supremacists who come proper out and say King was an immoral radical who shouldn’t be celebrated by (white) America greater than I respect cowardly, self-serving white supremacists who fake to honor King by making him out to be a Kumbaya negro who would’ve opposed the fashionable pro-Black motion in favor of the white nationalist anti-woke motion.

I imply, all of those persons are depressing racists who ought to definitely be denounced and vilified, however there’s one thing to be mentioned for white racists who establish themselves because the enemy upfront. On the very least, they’re rather less obnoxious than their closeted white supremacist counterparts.