I am ashamed to admit I am not familiar with Jeremiah Wright's message or teachings. What is it about this minister, that has everyone in an uproar. What exaclty is his religious teachings that many have issues with. Can someone enlighten me on this? I know he has a church called Trinity.
Jeremiah Wright
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Minx
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I think people want to say he is an extremeist or too radical because he speaks on politcal issues 
without fear of repercussion of backlash.
He doesn't hold back on speaking out against the powers that be in this country, and he feels that God is gonna "deal with" America for all the people "she" has wronged over the years.
Besides, he's very "Pro-African" in terms of heritage,it's all over his church, right down to the stained glass depecting biblical stories featuring black people.
He says the majority of the bible happened on one continent...Africa.
There's also a quote on a plaque on the wall of his church that says "Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian".
I have no problem with him
But
this is just my opinion based on what I saw of him on a PBS special last night.
I agree with about 95% of what he said during that interview.......
dk
without fear of repercussion of backlash.He doesn't hold back on speaking out against the powers that be in this country, and he feels that God is gonna "deal with" America for all the people "she" has wronged over the years.
Besides, he's very "Pro-African" in terms of heritage,it's all over his church, right down to the stained glass depecting biblical stories featuring black people.
He says the majority of the bible happened on one continent...Africa.
There's also a quote on a plaque on the wall of his church that says "Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian".
I have no problem with him
But
this is just my opinion based on what I saw of him on a PBS special last night.
I agree with about 95% of what he said during that interview.......
dk
Dr. Wright's Christian beliefs are undergirded by Black Liberation Theology. This frame of thought was cultivated by Dr. James Cone
It may also be useful to know that Dr. Wright's Church, Trinity United Church of Christ (http://www.tucc.org/home.htm) is part of the United Church of Christ demonination, a predominantly WHITE Christian denomination.
Here's an interview with the founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dr. James Cone:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89236116
Fresh Air from WHYY, March 31, 2008 · The Rev. James Cone is the founder of black liberation theology. In an interview with Terry Gross, Cone explains the movement, which has roots in 1960s civil-rights activism and draws inspiration from both the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, as "mainly a theology that sees God as concerned with the poor and the weak."
Cone also comments on controversial remarks made by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former minister and a black liberation theology proponent.
In a now-famous 2003 sermon, Wright charged that an ingrained, abiding racism in American society is at fault for many of the troubles African-Americans face, and he thundered, "No, no, no, not God bless America! God damn America — that's in the Bible — for killing innocent people."
Cone explains that at the core of black liberation theology is an effort — in a white-dominated society, in which black has been defined as evil — to make the gospel relevant to the life and struggles of American blacks, and to help black people learn to love themselves. It's an attempt, he says "to teach people how to be both unapologetically black and Christian at the same time."
Cone's books include Black Theology and Black Power, God of the Oppressed, and Risks of Faith. He teaches at Manhattan's Union Theological Seminary.
Minx
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I also think those of us who are for him need to be in prayer for Obama.
I think he is/we are being distracted by all of this..........
Why in the world would he take the time to respond to things said by JW?
I mean, what's really going on here?
Obama needs to stay focused!!!!!!!
(My gosh, the devil is busy!)
dk
I think he is/we are being distracted by all of this..........
Why in the world would he take the time to respond to things said by JW?
I mean, what's really going on here?
Obama needs to stay focused!!!!!!!
(My gosh, the devil is busy!)
dk
TINKABELLE
Member
I think people want to say he is an extremeist or too radical because he speaks on politcal issues
He doesn't hold back on speaking out against the powers that be in this country, and he feels that God is gonna "deal with" America for all the people "she" has wronged over the years.
Besides, he's very "Pro-African" in terms of heritage,it's all over his church, right down to the stained glass depecting biblical stories featuring black people.
He says the majority of the bible happened on one continent...Africa.
There's also a quote on a plaque on the wall of his church that says "Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian".
I have no problem with him
But
this is just my opinion based on what I saw of him on a PBS special last night.
I agree with about 95% of what he said during that interview.......
dk
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