What a brilliant insight, Alamo-Girl! When the "preferential option for the poor" is established as the main focus of religion, God is eclipsed; the proper hierarchical relation is inverted; and we lose the meaning of "the poor" stressed in Holy Scripture, which is not just a description of someone who is economically disadvantaged ("The poor ye shall always have with you"); but someone who is "poor in spirit," meaning: a man who walks with God in humility meaning a man who puts God first in his life.
I certainly agree with your conclusion: "The consequence of such inverted true belief is socialism."
Thank you ever so much for you most perceptive essay/post, dearest sister in Christ! and for your very kind words!
BTW, Obama's particular flavor of Liberation Theology is even more preferential, because it gives even higher priority to disadvantaged people of color.
Spiritual error twice over.
Socialism is in reality a second reality.. a closed system, that many buy into.. Ronaldus Maximus said it quite simply..
"How do you tell a Socialist:- It's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an Anti-Socialist.... someone who understands Marx and Lenin" -Ronald Reagan