Today a well known conservative radio commentator (who happens to be at least a nominal Mormon) said some dumb stuff.
As usual.
As of late, he has been attacking Barak Obama's preacher for his black liberation theology.
Now, I don't know much about Black Liberation theology, but it is quite possible that it has some fringe elements in its doctrine and adherents. That's cool. So does Mormonism.
But what made almost pass out was when our conservative commentator went on a preaching run and told his listening audience that when Jesus freed us of oppression, it was only in the spiritual sense: salvation from sin death and the devil.
Awesome.
It does not bother me that he says it, or that he has a sloppy idea of atonement and salvation.
It bothers me that
1) there are folks out there saying, "Yeah! I knew that all those things that Jesus told me to do were not supposed to be for the real world! Let's go destroy the planet and bleed the poor!"
2) there are folks out there in the listening public whose only connection to the Most Blessed Savior is this weird semi-state religious pasteurized white upper class Jesus who does not care for anyone but the rich and morally upright.
3) That I get this bent out of shape. Lord, forgive my wrath.
May we live in peace.
-Dave!
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
and other unread messages...
Worth Your Time
Blog Archive
About Me
- Dave B
- Seminary Student, Musician, Part time Social Worker, Textile Worker, Sometimes Preacher, Husband.
3 comments:
Pick up "A Theology of Liberation" by Gustavo Gutierrez
Its pretty much the primer for all sorts of Liberation theology, that+Letter from a Birmingham Jail=Black liberation theology. Or something like it.
But God forbid that white America know that Jesus was a dark Jew in a white Roman society.
Love ya man,
Lee
i like this blog already.. Bo0KMArrrCK'D
"Letter From Birmingham Jail" was Martin Luther King's response to several white clergymen who were condemning those who participated in the so-called Birmingham riots. I actually just did a lesson on this last month with my students. We were comparing thought-for-thought from MLK's "Letter" to Malcolm X's speech "Message to the Grassroots."
Take a look at those. It's early black liberation philosophy, pre-Civil Rights Act. (americanrhetoric.com)
What burns me about all of the name calling and finger pointing is the fact that we have an election coming up, and the only things the media seems to pay attention to is if Clinton is crying and who is preaching to Obama this week. Oi.
- Britney
Post a Comment