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Originally Posted by Mike33
I think it's apples and oranges. Wright's comments were devisive and outdated, but show me a clip of any of his surmons where he argues to 'destroy his opporessors', rejecting God if God doesn't support this objective, and so forth.
I think actions speak louder than words, and his actions inside and outside of the military don't speak to the brand of BLT that you quoted. His church was one of the most popular in Chicago. Obama worked in the Chicago area. White and Black faces in the pews; a church of inclusivity, not exclusivity. Surmons based around Christian teachings, not racial politics.
I think Gouge's politico-social assessment of BLT has more merits.
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But it goes deeper than just Black Liberation Theology, its what the movement supports...specifically the political movements of which its founded upon that feed off one another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Africanism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_nationalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Capitalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_conservatism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_populism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_leftism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garveyism
All of the above are based around the concept of Black Liberation Theology and none support our charters of freedom that are the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and The Bill of Rights.