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45degreeN -> Rev. Wright's "Liberation theology" (4/29/2008 11:05:35 AM)

It seems that Rev Jeremiah Wright has taken his liberation theology into the halls of the media hoping to rescue it from the dustbin of religious history. This theology represents but a small fraction of the "black" church and any so called 'attacks' on it are not attacks on black churches but of him and this Marxist theology.

There is only one reason why Barrack Obama ever considered this particular church as worthy of attendance, it was positioned in the part of Chicago where many of his future constituents lived and attended allowing him to hobnob with the very people who could push his community based organization. Obama's early years out of Harvard were doing this organizing and there just wasn't any better place to meet the people than at that church.

As to his own faith, little has been spoken by the Senator and probably never will since he is more concerned with politics than religion in the first place and who knows just how 'Christian' he is. What amazes me is the 10-15% of the electorate who somehow think he is Muslim merely based upon his middle name without bothering to even research the issue.

I'm more concerned about the connection with the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) who started this whole idea of Liberation theology back in the 1950's. Even though this theology was rejected by the Catholics it has persisted and jumped into the black protestant churches.

Liberation theology is all about how Jesus' mission to help the oppressed rather than the rich and powerful. It is no doubt an easy jump theologically speaking given the historical oppression of the blacks that some would begin to think in these terms. What these people fail to take into account is the fact that all of the Pauline churches were upper middle class and hardly oppressed at all (until the Roman persecutions began). It was the Jerusalem church that lived a communal lifestyle who remained poor and for whom the other churches supported with their alms.

We need to be clear just where the issue lay in this current controversy about Obama and his pastor friend. Dont get sucked into merely political analysis without a proper understanding of just what Liberation theology is.



lightshineon -> RE: Rev. Wright's "Liberation theology" (4/29/2008 11:52:06 AM)

I understand what it is, it liberates no one. It holds people captive in hate, and unforgiveness. It ruins souls, and healing will not come without first getting rid of the anger. Wright is so filled with bitternessm he is on a destruction path to pull Obama down. He is amd because Obama, would not say he agreed with his theology. Jesus Christ was, abused too, what was his response on the cross? BLT makes captives of black people, and will maybe send souls into hell, for anger and bitterness. Jesus Christ, never acted that way, with hate and Jesus would not condone, Obamas church with gay ministers, and groups, and a them saying Jesus is not the only way. These cults need brought down for the sake of AA people, and Christanity. It is insulting to compare the teachings of Christ with BLT. I do not mean to be offensive, but am so tired of the devil group being classified as Christ followers.



SonInMe1 -> RE: Rev. Wright's "Liberation theology" (4/29/2008 9:48:30 PM)

The blame game does not work.

An important aspect of salvation is knowing you need God, that you are a sinner. That your actions have reprecussions. Personal responsibility.

This stuff spits in the face of that.



mcp -> RE: Rev. Wright's "Liberation theology" (4/29/2008 10:25:20 PM)

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Liberation theology is all about how Jesus' mission to help the oppressed rather than the rich and powerful. It is no doubt an easy jump theologically speaking given the historical oppression of the blacks that some would begin to think in these terms. What these people fail to take into account is the fact that all of the Pauline churches were upper middle class and hardly oppressed at all (until the Roman persecutions began). It was the Jerusalem church that lived a communal lifestyle who remained poor and for whom the other churches supported with their alms.


Luk 19:2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. [and a thieving sinner]...

I would give plenty of latitude to the church focusing on some of the victim/oppression areas in the congregations' lives, but I agree the big problem is the liberalization of core doctrines; and the lib theology political persuasions are getting bad as well.



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