"Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy."

The church where Sen. Barack Obama has worshipped for two decades publicly declares that its ministry is founded on a 1960s book that espouses "the destruction of the white enemy."

Trinity United Church of Christ's Web site says its teachings are based on the black liberation theology of James H. Cone and his 1969 book "Black Theology and Black Power."

"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," Mr. Cone wrote in the book.

Mr. Cone, a professor at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, added that "black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy."

-The Washington Times.

This isn't going away.

Why should it?

It speaks directly to the judgment and character of a man who spent 20+ years in this church.

Comments

[tim]

I'm sure this also has been taken out of context.

[Marvia Lawes]

I suggest that anyone who is going to quote and misquote James Cone read Cone for themselves and not just a selective quotation from a Newspaper item.

Moreover Cone should be understood as having written in the immediate threats to Black identity of 1960's America. If anyone today stand in support of the liberation (?) of African Americans and have a problem with these sentiments then they are being double-tongued.

In addition, one should read the Bible. Who can miss the particularly partial God who 'destroyed' the enemies of Israel? Hmmm..wonder what makes that ok?

[Mommynator]

Dear Marvia Lawes:

Maybe you can fool a bunch of naive college students with that crap, but I lived through the civil rights movement.

What destroyed black identity (whatever the hell that means) was Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty" that, accepted by the black community, destroyed black families, businesses and communities.

And instead of taking responsibility for accepting a new form of shackles, the black community decided to blame whitey for it when they should have stuck to the longer, harder road like every other immigrant group in the US that came here, was discriminated against, worked hard and overcame.

You see the fruits of that tragedy today versus the fruits of hard work and family and education in immigrant minorities.

Try again.

[Greg Jones]

Blacks4Barack presents:

Hillary's Religion (cult ?)'THE FAMILY'
Very Scary !
Prays To Jesus For The Elite To Rule The World

The media has repeatedly aired the short clips of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's rhetoric in attempt to discredit and smear Barack Obama. But what's even more interesting is the fact that the media never discusses Hillary Clinton's religion, which is extremely telling and even frightening. A closer look into her 'religion' gives one a clearer picture of why she is the way she is.In a recent article by Steven Brandt many truths about Hillary's religion, called ' The Family' will make you shutter. The question is....where's the media on this one ?

Brandt writes, "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend." said Hillary Clinton, to reporters and editors of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Tuesday the 25th. This is an interesting choice of words, since -- while we mostly hear about her Methodist upbringing -- Hillary Clinton has chosen to associate herself with The Family (also known as the Fellowship), a very conservative, fundamentalist organization started by Abraham Vereide...
"...an immigrant preacher who in 1935 organized a small group of businessmen sympathetic to European fascism, fusing the Far Right with his own polite but authoritarian faith. From that core, Vereide built an international network of fundamentalists who spoke the language of establishment power, a "family" that thrives to this day. In public, they host prayer breakfasts; in private they preach a gospel of "biblical capitalism," military might, and American empire. Citing Hitler, Lenin, and Mao, Doug Coe, the Family's current leader, declares, "We work with power where we can, build new power where we can't."
This quote is taken from the book on The Family by the same name which will be published in May... a book which claims to
"...dramatically challenge conventional wisdom about American fundamentalism, revealing its crucial role in the unraveling of the New Deal, the waging of the Cold War, and the no-holds-barred economics of globalization. The question Sharlet believes we must ask is not "What do fundamentalists want?" but "What have they already done?"
A long article was written about Hillary Clinton's participation in this organization last September in Mother Jones, and The Family, itself, was the subject of an extensive article in Harper's in March of 2003. And on March 21st, The Nation published an article on Hillary and The Family by Barbara Ehrenreich that was published on The Huffington Post and CBS News' web site.
The Family avoids the word Christian but worships Jesus, though not the Jesus who promised the earth to the "meek." They believe that, in mass societies, it's only the elites who matter, the political leaders who can build God's "dominion" on earth. Insofar as The Family has a consistent philosophy, it's all about power - cultivating it, building it and networking it together into ever-stronger units, or "cells."
...wrote Ms.Ehrenreich.
Is it possible that Hillary's participation in this fundamentalist group -- which apparently preaches the "gospel of military might" -- would help explain her vote in favor of authorizing President Bush to attack Iraq? Is it possible her pro-NAFTA stance during her husband's administration comes from its embrace of "the no-holds-barred economics of globalization"? Is it possible that the sense some get that Hillary feels entitled to be president comes in part from this group's belief that "it's only the elites who matter"?
I encourage any reporter covering Hillary's campaign to ask her about all this.

At a time when so many people are wondering what sort of effect the Rev. Wright's sermons may have had on Barack Obama, I think it's only fair to ask what sort of effect The Family's fundamentalist mission has had - and continues to have - on Hillary Clinton. We know that George Bush engages in truly fundamentalist thinking. There is no person or new information capable of challenging his belief that what he already knows is right. Is Hillary Clinton like this in some way? I am not sure.

But the opinion I have formed from this is that - while Hillary Clinton may be considered a Liberal by many - on the inside she is a deeply Conservative person... possibly as close to being a Republican today as she was when she was a young woman supporting Senator Goldwater. This helps explain, to me, why she and John McCain are such good friends. They are both drawn to the use of military power and free market capitalism... and to taking money from lobbyists. The other opinion I have formed is that those who say there are no policy differences between Hillary and Barack haven't taken into account how their religious differences might impact the policies they would actually seek to implement as president.
(end of article)

So now a few things make more sense about Hillary. In review, she's in a kinda power-hungry cult which is actually run by her fellow Republicans which she is secretly one of ! It also makes sense why she could care less about detroying the Democratic Party. Also, beware of her claim to work toward ending the Iraq war. That is another great lie that she is telling. If you listen to her claims she commonly repeats ' I will start getting troops out within my first 60 days '.....How many ? 3....1000...10,000 ? Don't be fooled. Hillary has no desire to end the war. She'll bring 5 troops home then say that she kept her word.

The media should be called out for not exposing this cult. Problem is, they would also be revealing the truths about their fellow Republican's plan and prayers to 'rule the world' by any means. So it's up to us, regular Americans like you and I, to help spread the truth in spite of the media.....For The Re-Birth of America !

Greg Jones
Visit: www.Blacks4Barack.org (A Multi-Racial Organization)

[Mommynator]

Like I said in another post, if you can't make a point, try to dazzle 'em with your BS.

Good job, Mr. Jones.

Except I'm not impressed.

[tim]

OK, I gott'a admit I didn't read Mr. Jones whole comment but let me say this; who freakin' cares. Last time I checked Obama basically had the D nomination virtually locked up.

But let’s give Mr. Jones the benefit of the doubt that every single word of his is true. Is he trying to say two wrongs make a Wright? ;)

BTW, love the organizations name, Blacks4Barack. Considering Obama's church's doctrine it's very appropriate.

Just one typical White person’s opinion.

Whites4McCain

[Max]

We know that George Bush engages in truly fundamentalist thinking. There is no person or new information capable of challenging his belief that what he already knows is right.

[Locutisprime]

It's a reasonably simply proposition. All that is required is to research Black Liberation theology and Mr. Cone's works. It's all there,

Jerimiah Wright openly stated his reverence for Cone and black liberation theology, in his interview with Sean Hannity a year before the stories broke about Wright and his parishioner and confidant Barack Obama. As he spoke of how those philosophies of Cone and others, had shaped his own philosophies and perspectives of religion.

And for anyone to be and remain a member of that congregation for twenty years? And not be either aware of that theology, or to attempt to state that they don't agree with it, leaves more than a lot for explanation.

What will be interesting to see, is if a copy of that commitment contract with Wright's church, that Obama is referenced to having signed. And whether it can be produced for public scrutiny between now and November.

Barack Obama is a charismatic chameleon and the choice of the supposed progressive left in America. Which translates into the reasoning of his associations and personal philosophies of blame America first and the socialist relativism apologetic appeasement approach to world affairs. All of which, he has aligned and associated himself with, at every level in liberal, leftist and anarchist politics in Chicago for the last twenty years.

The man is an empty suit as it concerns meaningful policies or sincere interest in serving this country. His interest is to serve himself and those in his inner circle and those who have sponsored his meteoric rise to national political prime time.

And that is where the American people's focus had better come to rest before November. The smiling face in the suit, is only the facade. It's those in the wings and behind the scenes that are really the manipulators of not only Obama's image and supposed policies for change, but also the mindless following of those who support the messianic candidate of this age.

"Caveat emptor"

[Rick]

The smiling face in the suit, is only the facade. It's those in the wings and behind the scenes that are really the manipulators of not only Obama's image and supposed policies for change, but also the mindless following of those who support the messianic candidate of this age.

Excellently put... tell me you have a blog somewhere... I'd think you'd be worthy of reading... regularly.