Why Do UOJ Zombies Continue To Fool Themselves?

Tim Glende does not find this funny,
because it is not scatological and abusive.

Nothing is quite so puzzling as Lutherans constantly at war against faith, especially justification by faith.


The LCMS is no longer a UOJ shop, but WELS and the Little Sect on the Prairie have a dictatorial grip on the topic. Very few laity are bewitched by UOJ or even know about it. The Scriptures, liturgy, and hymns do not teach a magical absolution of the world, so trying to insert that language is a trial for the language-impaired. The New NIV will fix that, which is the #1 reason for WELS promoting it.


Here are some reasons why some remain UOJ zombies. I trace it to assumptions:

1. "Walther was never wrong about anything." Many synodical fans are reduced to making all the doctrinal opinions and historical facts fit this assumption. Walther taught UOJ, so anyone questioning that new doctrine is a heretic.
2. "Faith is bad. Faith is a work of man." This one comes from the Calvinists arguing with Arminians, who did teach that faith was a virtue. At least the Calvinists saw it that way. Therefore, the UOJ Stormtroopers are working from a Calvinist perspective.
3. "Atonement and justification are the same thing." This was a popular perspective in the 19th century, due to the nature of Lutheran-Reformed union churches and Pietism degenerating into rationalism. Double-justification means that first the entire world is absolved (even back to Adam, I suppose) for Part One, and individuals have to agree with that for Part Two. Because this is so anti-Biblical and Enthusiastic, not to mention rationalistic, Part Two simply drops out. Voila - mainline Protestantism today.
4. "Holy Mother Synod is infallible." No one will admit that Romanist takeaway, but this attitude is a synodical given, even in the tawdry cesspools of the CLC (sic). Swap man-boy rape videos with other perverts - the Synod President will announce your forgiveness to the world. Question UOJ - you will be given the Left Foot of Fellowship.
   



5. "That's Uncle Fritz you are talking about." Everyone has an Uncle Fritz in the synod. Because Walther put his stamp on everything, many were trained in his errors, since Ferdinand was the man to decode the Bible, the Book of Concord, and Luther. Questioning someone's uncle is regarded as worse than shooting Bambi's mother, so few will touch the topic in the open.
6. "You are next." The Stormtroopers love to beat people up in public while calling themselves confessional Lutherans. Few want to be singled out and some assume that people with no manners and no ethics must be orthodox.