"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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I saw this morning a clip from YouTube featurind an interview involving Sean Hannity and the Rev. Wright. Mr. Wright stated that his views were rooted in “Black liberation theology” and repeatedly pressed Hannity to answer if he’d ever read the works of theologian James Cone.It was apparent that Hannity hadn’t. Too bad he hadn’t. Intrigued, I did some very brief research about Dr. Cone. Here is a defining quote from Cone’s seminal work, Black Theology and Black Power. “Black theology 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. . . . 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 the self-proclaimed basis of Rev. Wright’s belief and teaching.
Is this theology the appropriate seedbed for a US presidential candidate?
I was just on Rezko watch and some clever soul has found that the New Black Panther Party and MoveOn.org maintain sites on Obama’s campaign site.