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Post by jdredd on Sept 2, 2010 5:13:04 GMT -5
mobile.latimes.com/wap/news/text.jsp?sid=294&nid=20457229&cid=16704&scid=-1&ith=1&title=Opinion"It's an odd enough allegation on its own — mainly because there's no evidence that the president is an advocate of liberation theology — but there's little doubt about what Beck believes it implies. In a broadcast last month, he linked the movement to the Black Panthers — again without evidence — and charged that they "and anyone who subscribes to liberation theology are perverting the message of Christianity, and it goes straight to evil." Liberation theology, he said, "leads to genocide." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_theologyI might be able to be convinced that if you are not supporting the poor in their struggle against oppression by the wealthy, you are not following in the footsteps of Jesus, regardless of what that bonehead demagogue de jour Beck says.
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Post by Turk on Sept 2, 2010 11:39:16 GMT -5
Obama’s racists buddy scum-bag Rev Wright comes to mind.
We know you hate Beck, if he were a low-life slug like Wright or used car salesman like Obama you’d love’em.
I don’t give a crap about liberation theology.
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Post by animal on Sept 2, 2010 11:58:01 GMT -5
ditto
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Post by jdredd on Sept 2, 2010 12:16:13 GMT -5
Your amigo Beck thought LT was worth mentioning, but hey, we all get to choose what we pay attention to. Personally, I pay little attention to the so-called Clash of Civilizations...
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Post by animal on Sept 2, 2010 12:31:58 GMT -5
listen to and believe are two different things. I pay little attention to his religious views, tho I hear them. I think religion and beliefs have little to do with what is going on or the solution... but thats just me.
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Post by jdredd on Sept 2, 2010 13:07:16 GMT -5
listen to and believe are two different things. I pay little attention to his religious views, tho I hear them. I think religion and beliefs have little to do with what is going on or the solution... but thats just me. You may be on to something...the dividing line between religion and politics is very blurry IMO.
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Post by animal on Sept 2, 2010 13:48:38 GMT -5
to me, it is like oil and water.... they dont and shouldnt mix.
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Post by nikki on Dec 21, 2010 18:45:11 GMT -5
There are a number of threads I could have put this in, but, to me, this fits. People put their heads in the sand about Obama's "theology" and the theology of the radicals he has always surrounded himself with. I just don't know how anyone cannot connect the dots by now. He and his cohorts really see themselves as the anointed ones to "fundamentally transform the United States of America" -- as he stated -- be damned what Americans want. He sees a bigger picture -- his picture -- and that is to bring America to its knees and then rebuild it to his liking. This man is dangerous. But more dangerous, is that he has a lot of help. Remember his mantra: "This is our time; this is our moment .......?" I pray for our country this man does not get a second term. "Obama Announces Support for UN Resolution Stating 'Indigenous Peoples Have the Right to the Lands .... They Have Traditionally Owned, Occupied or Otherwise Used or Acquired.' www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-apologizes-first-americans-announc
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Post by jdredd on Feb 6, 2011 16:20:51 GMT -5
Obama's performance in the Egypt Crisis has cleared up one thing for me: During the 20 years Obama was in Reverend Wright's rch, he was not listening.
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Post by jdredd on Mar 13, 2013 14:51:45 GMT -5
Well, the new Pope is from the land of Liberation Theology, Latin America. I hope it will mean a greater effort on the behalf of the poor and oppressed, and less attention to sexual dogma such as opposing contraception. I can hope, can't I?
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Post by jdredd on Mar 25, 2013 23:12:47 GMT -5
www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/24/francis-leads-palm-sunday-mass-in-st-peter-square-opening-holy-week-for-rch/"Palm Sunday recalls Jesus' entry into Jerusalem but its Gospel also recounts how he was betrayed by one of his apostles and ultimately sentenced to death on a cross. Recalling the triumphant welcome into Jerusalem, Francis said Jesus `'awakened so many hopes in the heart, above all among humble, simple, poor, forgotten people, those who don't matter in the eyes of the world." In other words, the losers. Was Jesus some kind of commie?
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Post by jdredd on May 13, 2014 1:23:33 GMT -5
www.newsmax.com/newswidget/michael-savage-pope-redistribute-income/2014/05/11/id/570688/?promo_code=EB8D-1&utm_source=National_Review&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1"Francis on Friday told a group of U.N. delegates, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, that they should urge world governments to back "the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the state, as well as indispensable cooperation between the private sector and civil society." Savage's response: "It's Karl Marx in a papal outfit." He noted that Francis is from Argentina, home to liberation theology along with much of Latin America, in the 1960s and '70s. And although Francis himself never practiced liberation theology, "he was certainly shaped by it," Savage said. Liberation theology focuses on the plight of the poor, though critics such as Savage have long claimed it is Christianized Marxism." Well, it's been a while since I've heard anyone mention "Liberation Theology", but here is Savage bringing it up. Maybe it will being going through a revival.
Nah.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 21, 2014 0:38:39 GMT -5
www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2014/08/catholicism-and-liberation-theology"IS LIBERATION theology—an ideological movement that emerged in Latin America in the 1970s and sought to combine Catholicism with revolutionary socialism—making a comeback? Pope Francis has made at least two gestures this month which may lead people to exactly that conclusion. Yesterday, on a flight back from South Korea, the pontiff expressed his admiration for a left-wing martyr: Óscar Romero (pictured), a former Archbishop of San Salvador who was murdered while saying mass in 1980. Francis confirmed that the process of elevating the slain bishop to the status of "blessed", which had been bureaucratically blocked till a year ago because of the cleric's suspected Marxist leanings, should now proceed swiftly. The pope said: "For me Romero is a man of God...there are no doctrinal problems and it is very important that the beatification [elevation to blessed status] be done quickly." Will Liberation Theology, quashed by Reagan and Pope John Paul II in the 80's, make a comeback? Doubtful. I have a feeling we are still at least 40 years away from any radical political changes.
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Post by jdredd on Oct 15, 2018 13:01:47 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/14/world/europe/vatican-oscar-romero-paul-vi-saints.html"Archbishop Romero’s path to sainthood was strewn with obstacles, including strong opposition from some in the rch to what were perceived as his political motivations. Those reservations had sidelined previous attempts by his supporters to have him recognized by the Vatican. But that had not prevented others from acclaiming him as a hero. Every March 24, the United Nations celebrates a day to promote human rights on which “the important work and values” of Archbishop Romero are recognized. In July 1998, a statue of the archbishop was unveiled at Westminster Abbey in London, one of 10 “modern martyrs,” including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For decades, Archbishop Romero’s legacy was obstructed because several powerful prelates saw him as a proponent of liberation theology, a movement focused on the poor that had been spawned by the rch’s discussions on social justice in the 1960s. For conservatives, the movement was a thinly veiled adaptation of Marxist ideology manipulated by communists to foment revolution in Latin America. The argument played out against the geopolitical backdrop of the Cold War, which saw the United States backing the government and right-wing forces in El Salvador against left-wing rebels, justifying the ensuing brutality as a necessary bulwark against encroaching communism. Some have called the archbishop a martyr of the Cold War." So Romero is now a saint, after being murdered by most likely a US trained and funded Death Squad. And I doubt John Paul II, that fanatical anti-Commie and pal of Reagan, gave a damn. Maybe that's one of the reasons the Catholics are having such problems now. Karma.
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