What is Liberation Theology?

[roberts11000]

Well, one thing is for sure President Chavez in Venezuela, Ortega in Nicaragua, Morales in Bolivia, Correa in Ecuador, Lugo in Paraguay, Dasilva in Brazil, Funnes in El Salvador, and the Kirchners in Argentina are doing a lot better job in the areas of health nutrition and fighting disease than anyone the U.S has ever backed, We can say with confidence , that the roots of Liberation Theology have had a positive impact on the region and there are fruits which US media ignores.

[policestory]

She basically summed this up by saying that she was the "blind leading the blind". Dead wrong on everything about Cuba as well.

[ratagitana]

Castro's cuba hardly represents any ideal of liberation theologhy, if anything they have free medical care and scholl education but that's as far as liberating as it goes, beyond that is just another opressive state that couldn't be further than any rational human ideal

[ratagitana]

the economic caracteristics of south america were also ideal,  most of the countries were dirt poor and had no rural infrastructure, except for the church which was the only institution & building , it becamme the middle man in dealing with the centralized governments in the decades 50-80's. they served as parrishes, town council meetings, school, medical post etc. the natives identified with it, so these circumstances allowed it to grow into a philo/ideological & social movement

[ratagitana]

Liberation theologhy was not born as a political movement, the southamerican catholic church saw that it could not remain with out acting for social justice under the given circumstances, over 80% of the population is catholic & poor and moreover the rural people. you cant sell a product if there's no market, therefore you can't sell faith if there is no hope.

there is no candidate with 80% approval, it had to do something!

[Whitese7en]

There is nothing Christian or liberating about Black Liberation Theology. This lady is absolutely correct from a scriptural standpoint. Jesus did not consider one's race as relevant to their need to be saved. He came to die for and to save the world, period. BLT, does nothing but exacerbate the racial strife that already exists in the world. It promotes an us against them message, which isn't good for anyone. As long as BLT continues to exist, there will NEVER be racial harmony.

[elvegaro]

Lady, I understand your fear given your American heritage, but I think your view of this is somewhat wrong. To put it mildly.

[roberts11000]

My question for this lady is how she can say that a 30 percent infant mortality rate in Cuba is better than a 5.3 percent rate. Or how in Nicaragua in the 70s, an illiteracy rate of 50 percent is better than the 10 percent under the Socialist Sandinista not to mentioned just about every other category in health,Or since take power, after 16 years or right wing rule Daniel Ortega has cut the child malnutrician rate from 50 to 20 percent.I say the latter is better.

[roberts11000]

We need to understand that Acts does in fact teacher Socialism, Rapheal Correa, is a Christian Socialist President of Ecuador. and since hes been in power, he has raised tarriffs on imports and reduced their trade deficit.The reason he was thought of as a bad guy along with Ortega, Chavez, Morales Dasilva.Lugo ect, just a few leftist leaders recently elected,is because they opposed the corporate stranglehold on their countries.Who is your God,under Capitalism?THE CORPORATION

[WorshipInTruth]

roberts, Acts DOES NOT teach socialism. The Book of Acts displays the early church practice a form of voluntary communalism. This is much different then state socialism. Jesus did not teach "dialectic materialism", the focus of the Christian is to be on the spiritual.

[roberts11000]

What we know for sure is that the Supply Side trickle down right wing pro business policies,Washington Consensus policies completely failed and have led to nothing but expolitation,On the other hand a non rigid Marxism, has actual improved conditions for the poor in areas of combating disease and providing health care as well as improve caloric intake.UNDER BASTISTA IN CUBA WHICH WERE THE GOOD OLE DAYS ACCORDING TO THIS LADY,INFANT MORTALITY WAS 30 PERCENT.under Castro and its only 5.3 percent

[HeadsOnSprings]

I much prefer Jurgen Moltmann's ideas on Liberation Theology. This woman is kind of an idiot though.

[BishopHatto]

Americans are so paranoid.

[ccf1971]

Humanism is flawed. Any doctrine or philosophy that declares human nature is good is wrong.

[ccf1971]

Ku Klux Klan, Zionism, Nation of Islam, Kennedy, Communism, the Holocaust, it's all connected. Respond if you want me to elaborate.

[sergiorgio2000]

MArx thought cannot exist withiut Illuminism and christianism-humanism connection..all is connected.

[ccf1971]

Who created Liberation Theology? Who created humanism? Read more about BereanBeacon's past and you might find out.

[kemetkush]

black liberation theology do not teach hate we do not hate white-people, we hate what they let their racists in power do to us

[youshouldbetubing]

So I don't understand. Are you against liberstion of people from injustice or you think mixing Marxim and theology is not a good idea? You didn't say much to oppose them. You just read about it recenly and You had already decided that Juses is your Saviour and you don't want to accept anything else and this is a dogma my friend. Your reasons are saying very little about anything. You are s dogmatist.

[legalrule]

Funny how people who hate America and Christianity claim both but deny both in their actions and beliefs.

What jerks!

[tastybitepizza]

oh god, i can't listen to any more of this.

[falcons12345]

She has no clue what she is saying. She contradicts herself several times. She clearly does not understand that article that she is talking about.

[jjose22111963]

If this woman has even a remote understanding of the situation that gave rise to Liberation Theology, and she understood Marxist social doctrine at a very rudimentary level, she would be terribly embarrassed by her statements.

[ccf1971]

"The Jesuits have done more moral harm in this world than all the fiendish armies of the mythical Satan."  - Madame Helena Blavatsky

[jjose22111963]

This is a slap to the face to Monsignor Arnulfo Romero and Father Camilo Torres, martyrs of the Liberation Theology and the Latin American Revolution. She has very little understanding of Marxism and misses the entire point.

[briganati]

The wonderful thing about liberation theology is that Muslims, Christians, Jews ( the anti Zionist ones) Bucdhists etc all have their own form of liberation theology and are uniting against the American anti christs and other like minded fascists all over the world. Death to America!!! Death to the infidels!!!!

[briganati]

I dont think you call call the sick American sects Christian their anti christ. Evangelical and fundamentalist are CIA assets that preach prosperity to such a sickening extent they make Pagan fertlity cults look pious. They worship mammon not GOD.

[briganati]

In that case no ones gonna be pointing a gun at your brain, because it aint working, arsehole.

[briganati]

Yes I am a Christian anarchist and find marxist regimes more likely to feed the poor a redistribute wealth than the rancid American backed Christians. American Polititian have done more to impoverish the Global poor than Marxists. One cannot blame them for being athiests and warning the poor about the exploitative nature of American theological imperialism. American Evangelicals have been instrumental in raping the poor nations of the world and supporting fascist dictators and parasites.

[briganati]

Did Jesus not say "If you want to follow me sell all you have and give it to the poor" Liberation theology is about following Jesus and the Marxists are more in line with Jesus than the worshippers of Mammon that call themselves Christians in America.

[boomac62]

Well, as a supporter of liberation theology i would disagree with you a bit. Some Marxists are more in line with Jesus, most however have worked hard to stamp out all religion, I do agree that the worship of money ,and capitalism in general, is not in line with Christ's teachings. I think chritian anarchist have the most in common with Jesus' teachings myself but there is not perfect system. Well, just my thoughts.

Peace and God bless

[pmnichols10]

The American bible is close to unintelligible the placing of the words is such that you can know it by hart and have no understanding of it, the average white American Cristian often refers tho the crucifixion and resurrection as a fact and they're heaven is not very big (just about enough for them) however, they suggest that the rest of us can easily spend eternity in hell and God does little errands for them, tells them the lotery numbers (when they ask nice)...

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[pmnichols10]

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God also intervenes when there are conflicts with other groups that displease them, normally with a tornado or a hurricane and in one documented case God provided a magical bullet to punish a bad president. Cristian harts always go out to the ones that suffer but since God has a plan they try not to disturb it...

... oh, there are ten things that you can not do to them and God tells them wich countries are evil and which brown babies will grow up hating them...

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[pmnichols10]

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...so they can send the smart bombs and dumb soldiers, because God loves heroes a good blood bath they facilitate it when possible. American Cristian are believed to speak English but most of the words are meaningless for them and a large number has the opposite meaning, in cristian truth spells hate, and the ones they kill are designated terrorists sometimes before, but mostly after they are killed.

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[pmnichols10]

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White American Cristian's nemesis is a brown man wearing a turban since they are masters in the use of the nail clipper and hate freedom.

The last time America heard about jesus it was from the mouth of a black priest which the white Cristian rewarded with a bullet, more recently Louis Farrakhan has preached the gospel of Jesus, but being muslim he wrongly tells people to do as Jesus would, Mr Farrakhan as said that a religion is defined by one's actions rather than words.

[pmnichols10]

Christians reacted by announcing that Mr Farrakhan was a preacher of hate, not knowing that "hate" is the Cristian spelling of truth Mr Farrakhan Mr Farrakhan denied the accusation and they haven't talked much since then.

[jackjackjack78]

if you know that God died to save us all then why the white oppressed blacks for hundreds of years....and now black are peaching their theiology and you are mad about it..sick

[weeweelegs]

Hi,I met Mr and Mrs Waite about two years ago in N.Ireland. I found them to be very faithfull people, who have study the word of God most of their life. They are humble people who take Gods word as our authority, which is correct [ K.J.B ] May God continue to use them. Dave N.Ireland