The Church of Sweden declared teen star climate activist Greta Thunberg to be an appointed successor to Jesus Christ in a 2018 tweet that resurfaced in the wake of her speech before the United Nations.
“Announcement! Jesus of Nazareth has now appointed one of his successors, Greta Thunberg,” the tweet said on Dec. 1, 2018. The account, operated by the Limhamns Church, had previously tweeted several sentiments of climate activism.
The tweet’s reemergence came at the same time as Thunberg’s appearance at the United Nations earlier this month in which she sounded the alarm about climate change during a viral speech.
“My message is that we’ll be watching you,” Thunberg warned to a room full of world leaders. “You all come to us young people for hope, how dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet I’m one of the lucky ones … We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you?”
The Church of Sweden has a history of promulgating climate alarmism and Greta Thunberg particularly, noting on their official website, “When the Amazon burns, we gather to fight for Mother Earth together.”
While some Swedish Twitter users were amused by the tweet claiming Thunberg to be a successor to Christ, others found the suggestion offensive.
“Time and time again I ask myself: when was the Swedish church kidnapped by left-wing extremists?” one user wrote.
Others had a more sarcastic spin on the tweet. “Should you now abandon the celebration of Jesus’ birthday and start celebrating Greta Thunberg’s birthday instead?” one person said. “After all, we members must know who is the Savior we should worship and pay homage to.”
After some backlash in December when the tweet was published, the church posted a second tweet that suggested “success” could be interpreted in more than one way.
Shortly after, the entire account was abandoned, with a sign-off message that defended the original celebration of Thunberg and suggested everyone has a right to interpret Jesus in their own way.
“Dear Twitter, If we have hurt someone we apologize, it has never been our meaning. Our meaning has been to talk about Jesus Christ in our own way. Now we leave the arena. Thank you for your commitment, joy, and debate. God bless you! Jonas Persson, ward pastor.”
The tweets have not been deleted, but the account was true to its word and has remained inactive since Dec. 6. The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden, though it ceased to be the official state religion in 2000.
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Has the Church Of Swedish Screwballs forgoten one of the Ten Comandments? THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GOD BEFORE ME they have raise Greta into Godhood how son before they put up the idols and make everybody bow down to them Liberals have made false idols of Sport and Hollywood celeberties
What blasphemy. Obviously no one in that organisation bothers to open a bible. When and where did Jesus ever declare a successor to Himself? He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords.. No successor EVER!
A serious disturbed young girl shamelessly used by climate alarmists who should know better.
The above comments are right on. If we think of it, this is consistent with the climate change movement. They ignore real science. They ignore economic realities. They ignore the inadequacies of renewable power without nuclear. They ignore that extreme weather events are not becoming more common and there is no alarming trend in sea level rise. In light of this, we should expect them to ignore the Bible.
Perhaps members of the Church Of Sweden will start praying to Grete. Consider the following, “Dear Greta, I don’t want to die, so please end the use of fossil fuels.” Here another possible prayer, “Dear Greta, I over slept this morning so used by car to get to work in time instead of taking the bus. Please, please forgive me. It won’t happen again.”
All right lets see her walk on water or turn water into wine lets see her make little clay sparrows and make them come to life and fly away with a clap of her hands
“A tale told by an idiot, all sound and fury, signifying nothing” (Shakespeare). Thunberg comes from a country well known for its high standard of living, is paid for (by whom???), spreads her gospel of sin, doom and apocalypse, as dictated to her impressionable (and autistic) mind by a current vogue for such scenarios. Maybe, if he were alive now, Jung would have some real insights into what is going on.