A link to WTF it is for the unenlightened might help.
-shrug- Could be a whole lot worse, at least it was trying to help even if it didn't address some of the bigger problems.
edited 3rd Oct '11 12:38:24 PM by JosefBugman
Other than the Postmillenialist view that I do not agree with, I agree with above post that refreshing my memory on why people hate it would help.
Was it a cause of Prohibition, perhaps?
edited 3rd Oct '11 12:48:07 PM by abstractematics
Now using Trivialis handle.
I changed accounts.
These people earn my disdain for Prohibition (which, totally ignoring the "yeah, they took our booze!" argument, also comes with "and they gave us organized crime!" argument), but I guess I can't say I hate them since they were also around for the Civil Rights Movement.
Meh idea is meh.
I am now known as Flyboy.
I prefer gladstones view of Christianity: Give people every means to find salvation, don't start invading places to convert people 
They may have had something to do with Prohibition, but Women's and Civil Rights makes up for it, I'd say.
It reminds me of liberation theology. It's not bad at all per se, the major issue is that you don't want your Faith to get overly political, it becomes dated and boxed-in.
If they had a hand in prohibition then I shall detest the movement 100%.
What Ratix said. I don't normally respect phrases that contain "Gospel", but I'll make an exception for these guys.
I'm convinced that our modern day analogues to ancient scholars are comedians. -0dd1
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Social Gospel wasn't just about making restrictive laws, but to improve the well-being of society in general.
edited 3rd Oct '11 9:08:20 PM by abstractematics
Now using Trivialis handle.
I understand the Prohibition movement even if I don't agree with it. The amount of damage caused by alcohol was crazy. Hell, even today I think there's a stronger argument for banning alcohol than most other drugs, but it's too big a part of the culture.
We have been finding ways to get inebriated since the dawn of time. Trying to take that away will always induce a shitstorm.
Is that cake frosting?
I was not familiar with the Social Gospel, although I have read a little bit about Liberation Theology.
Judging from the contents of the wikipedia page, the Social Gospel is well-intentioned, but theologically a bit naive. Trying to apply Christian ethics to social problems is a good idea, of course; but post-millenarism, and the idea that the Kingdom of God may be instituted in Earth through mere human means, is quite unacceptable to me.
Liberation Theology actually strikes me as more problematic, however: it did not content itself from trying to extract the answers to social problems from Christianity, but it really wanted to reinterpret the contents of Christianity in terms of class struggle and say that this was the One True Interpretation. Some of the ideas of the movement were — and are — actually pretty good; but making social issue the only concern of Christianity means, I think, missing the mark.
But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
Self thumped because I posted this in the wrong thread.
edited 3rd Oct '11 11:40:06 PM by AceofSpades
A lot of you have heard about it and many Christians and non-Christians hate it.I was wondering what are your main thoughts on the Social Gospel and why you think it sucks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Gospel
edited 3rd Oct '11 12:35:27 PM by joyflower