Black Clerical Fascism: "Black Liberation Theology"
The following interesting dissection by Kathy Shaidle of "Black Liberation Theology," the philosophy of the now-notorious Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who is the trusted friend and mentor of Barack Obama:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=30CD9E14-B0C9-4F8C-A0A6-A896F0F44F02
First off, she places Rev. Wright in context:
Millions of Americans were shocked to hear such vituperative rage and unrestrained anti-American hatred. They need not have been surprised. Rev. Wright’s passionate disdain for his country, and his belief that black Americans are still singled out for persecution, is entirely in keeping with the political philosophy that underpins his religious views: Black Liberation Theology.
Wright's rantings come from a particular belief system:
And what are those beliefs? Like the pro-communist liberation theology that swept Central America in the 1980s and was repeatedly condemned by Pope John Paul II, Black Liberation Theology combines warmed-over 1960s vintage Marxism with carefully distorted biblical passages. However, in contrast to traditional Marxism, it emphasizes race rather than class. The Christian notion of “salvation” in the afterlife is superseded by “liberation” on earth, courtesy of the establishment of a socialist utopia.
Now, the general term for a totalitarian philosophy emphasizing race or nationality rather than class is "fascism," and the subset of this fascism that links it with a religious vision is "clercial fascism." Islamofascism is another species of this genus, which goes far toward explaining why black clerical fascists are often sympathetic to groups such as Al Qaeda or countries such as Iran or the Sudan.
The leading theorist of Black Liberation Theology is James Cone. Overtly racist, Cone’s writings posit a black Jesus who leads African-Americans as the “chosen people.” In Cone’s cosmology, whites are “the devil,” and “all white men are responsible for white oppression.”
This is seriously insane, and anyone believing this -- or even considering it halfway reasonable -- is automatically disqualified from the Presidency of the United States of America, for obvious reasons. Furthermore:
If whiteness stands for all that is evil, blackness symbolizes all that is good. “Black theology,” says Cone, “refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ..."
This is not only racist but megalomaniacal -- if "God" is real then obviously He is whatever He is, and beyond the ability of random ranting preachers to "kill!" A God whom one could theoretically "kill" by refusing to "accept" is obviously no God at all. This strikes me as rather elementary logic, rather than deep theolog.
"... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.”
This is not merely racist, but at least theoretically is murderously racist -- note that destroying the "white enemy," whom has previously been identified as being all whites, is to be the primary goal and is to be accomplished "by any means at their [black people's] disposal." This is a call to a Holocaust to be inflicted on whites, tempered only by a marginal reality-principle that acknowledges that perhaps blacks aren't strong enough to accomplish this goal at present.
Small wonder that some critics have condemned black liberation theology as “racist idolatry” and “Afro-Nazism.”
Indeed, both descriptions would be accurate. The desire to "destroy the white enemy," which focuses Black Theology on hostility to others rather than pride in one's own race, places it squarely toward the "Nazi" rather than the "Italian Fascist" end of the fascist spectrum. One wonders what Cone would be doing if he had the resources of a Great Power at his disposal -- as one of his followers may soon have, if we are foolish enough to elect him.
It is troubling that Barack Obama’s closest friends and allies subscribe to an explicitly racist doctrine.
Yep. And, apparently, had no problem with the doctrine, until it was "outed" by Hillary Clinton.
Americans are thus left with the troubling knowledge that millions of their fellow citizens consider them to be “devils,” having been taught to think this way by their religious leaders. They must wonder, too, why they should entrust the presidency to a man who has surrounded himself with those who actively despise the very country he seeks to lead.
Pay attention to this, John McCain. All you need to do to win is to make sure that Cone's and Wright's sermons are kept before the American people, even after the mainstream media has abandoned mentioning them. If most Americans knew just what incredible racist lunacy Obama considered reasonable, they would reject him in a heartbeat.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=30CD9E14-B0C9-4F8C-A0A6-A896F0F44F02
First off, she places Rev. Wright in context:
Millions of Americans were shocked to hear such vituperative rage and unrestrained anti-American hatred. They need not have been surprised. Rev. Wright’s passionate disdain for his country, and his belief that black Americans are still singled out for persecution, is entirely in keeping with the political philosophy that underpins his religious views: Black Liberation Theology.
Wright's rantings come from a particular belief system:
And what are those beliefs? Like the pro-communist liberation theology that swept Central America in the 1980s and was repeatedly condemned by Pope John Paul II, Black Liberation Theology combines warmed-over 1960s vintage Marxism with carefully distorted biblical passages. However, in contrast to traditional Marxism, it emphasizes race rather than class. The Christian notion of “salvation” in the afterlife is superseded by “liberation” on earth, courtesy of the establishment of a socialist utopia.
Now, the general term for a totalitarian philosophy emphasizing race or nationality rather than class is "fascism," and the subset of this fascism that links it with a religious vision is "clercial fascism." Islamofascism is another species of this genus, which goes far toward explaining why black clerical fascists are often sympathetic to groups such as Al Qaeda or countries such as Iran or the Sudan.
The leading theorist of Black Liberation Theology is James Cone. Overtly racist, Cone’s writings posit a black Jesus who leads African-Americans as the “chosen people.” In Cone’s cosmology, whites are “the devil,” and “all white men are responsible for white oppression.”
This is seriously insane, and anyone believing this -- or even considering it halfway reasonable -- is automatically disqualified from the Presidency of the United States of America, for obvious reasons. Furthermore:
If whiteness stands for all that is evil, blackness symbolizes all that is good. “Black theology,” says Cone, “refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ..."
This is not only racist but megalomaniacal -- if "God" is real then obviously He is whatever He is, and beyond the ability of random ranting preachers to "kill!" A God whom one could theoretically "kill" by refusing to "accept" is obviously no God at all. This strikes me as rather elementary logic, rather than deep theolog.
"... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.”
This is not merely racist, but at least theoretically is murderously racist -- note that destroying the "white enemy," whom has previously been identified as being all whites, is to be the primary goal and is to be accomplished "by any means at their [black people's] disposal." This is a call to a Holocaust to be inflicted on whites, tempered only by a marginal reality-principle that acknowledges that perhaps blacks aren't strong enough to accomplish this goal at present.
Small wonder that some critics have condemned black liberation theology as “racist idolatry” and “Afro-Nazism.”
Indeed, both descriptions would be accurate. The desire to "destroy the white enemy," which focuses Black Theology on hostility to others rather than pride in one's own race, places it squarely toward the "Nazi" rather than the "Italian Fascist" end of the fascist spectrum. One wonders what Cone would be doing if he had the resources of a Great Power at his disposal -- as one of his followers may soon have, if we are foolish enough to elect him.
It is troubling that Barack Obama’s closest friends and allies subscribe to an explicitly racist doctrine.
Yep. And, apparently, had no problem with the doctrine, until it was "outed" by Hillary Clinton.
Americans are thus left with the troubling knowledge that millions of their fellow citizens consider them to be “devils,” having been taught to think this way by their religious leaders. They must wonder, too, why they should entrust the presidency to a man who has surrounded himself with those who actively despise the very country he seeks to lead.
Pay attention to this, John McCain. All you need to do to win is to make sure that Cone's and Wright's sermons are kept before the American people, even after the mainstream media has abandoned mentioning them. If most Americans knew just what incredible racist lunacy Obama considered reasonable, they would reject him in a heartbeat.