Reverend Wright, in the "talking points" page of his church's web site, describes "systematized black liberation theology." Reverend Wright credits James Cone of New York's Union Theological Seminary with having undertaken this systematization. Here is Mr. Cone's description of black liberation theology:
Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community. . . . Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. 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.
This is the church at which Barack Obama congregated for 20 years. An odd belief system for Mr. "Audacity of Hope".
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