While I couldn't see in, I could hear their carols and their enthusiasm out on the sidewalk. I was struck by their spirituality, although I wouldn't have called it that back then. It was so unlike the somber Gregorian Chant and Latin Mass I was used to.
But surely, those people spoke to God and He to them, if not in the manner of Pope Gregory, in a manner that God understood.
No catechism, no nun, no priest could tell me that these were people were not God's children, nor did they ever attempt to. So what if their prayers lacked the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur that saved us from doctrinal error? Would not the Christ Who forgave the repentant thief on the Cross, endure an "hallelujah!"?
It seems to me mainline Christianity has lost sight of His Message, so is it surprising that its less thoroughly ecclesiastical adherents may have drifted further still?
The thing is, Wright is just mimicking that enthusiasm and energy. I hate to bring Hitler into this, but the way he was moving, and the things that were coming out of his mouth, and the screeching and screaming; I couldn’t help but be reminded of the infamous Nuremburg rallies that we always see footage of.
I don’t think the black “churches” that do this racist stuff are real churches; when you meet decent, real Christian black people, they are total Christians and they love you and you love them.
I think one of the problems is that some political organizations have found that calling themselves “churches” lets them skate on a lot of things, particularly fundraising, and they know that if they emphasize the black thing, nobody will challenge them. Heck, didn’t the white racists (Aryan Nation or Brotherhood or whatever) call themselves a “church,” too?