Aristide & Liberation Theology - part 3

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti speaking on the topic of liberation theology March 15, 1992, Colloquium on Liberation Theology, Oakland CA.

. Excerpted from a new documentary, "Footsteps of the Poor: Liberation Theology in Haiti," that includes the history of the Ti Legliz or Little Church communities in Haiti that gave rise to the Lavalas movement. It also includes interviews with Father Jean-Marie Vincent, Father Renald Clerisme, Father Gerard Jean-Juste, Father Michael Graves and many others.

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[drparnel]

@GmanZouk

[584884]

You will not find a unified global methodological infrastructural plan until one misinterpretation of Jesus fully recognised.Christ ,which is a modern miracle today simply. said "Do not turn thy Lord's kingdom into a market place". What has come to pass over 2000 years later A global FREE market capitalist altruistic economy. Christ never said you cannot make money. It's how we make money which is offensive to GOD.Our money is sullied and taken for granted.This warning is what killed Christ...V

[mikecorbeil]

Actually, I'll add a little more on Christian religion. Jesus said to look after the ill and, therefore, also the injured, persons needing medical care and not receiving it. He also said to try to help the poor and prisoners.

This illustrates that Jesus definitely encouraged being active in constructive, good, beneficial ways on a social level. Instead of having taught disciples and apostles to hide and stay silently in prayer, he calls on them to be beneficially active for a just society.

[mikecorbeil]

And since we can't have real peace without real justice, I'll add, "Blessed be the activists/workers for real justice". This reason or reasoning is why the Franciscans have the mission of working for "peace and justice", instead of only peace; because it requires real justice. Not all Franciscans live up to this, but this is not unique. Not all Christians are seriously Christian and some are atrociously anti-Christian while claiming the opposite. [All] true people need and want peace, justice

[mikecorbeil]

Now, with all that religious stuff said, this was an excellent talk by President Aristide. He's certainly right about Christians needing to be non-passively against human evil, corruption of government, social and economic injustices, and so on. It's important that everyone who has it in them to be actively, while non-violently, in solidarity with fellow human beings for real justice and, thereby, peace; just that not everyone can do this like activists in public do. "Blessed be the peacemakers"

[mikecorbeil]

Continuing on Jesus being God, or not, a woman called Jesus "good", a little repeatedly, and Jesus responded by instructing her to reserve that reference for only God the Father, who Jesus added had sent him, meaning to represent the Father, His will and way, what He desired from us. In another text, Jesus was recorded saying that only God the Father who sent him is Lord. When praying in fear before his crucifixion, he prayed to God the Father. In Heaven, Jesus said he'll be next to the Father.

[mikecorbeil]

Excellent and I wholly agree with what President Aristide said, though differ in terms of whether or not Jesus is God. The words of President Aristide says at the end of the clip about when Jesus responding that those who see him thereby see the Father can be taken literally, but doesn't need to be. He, for true Christians, was sent by the Father and was, therefore, messenger, representative of/for God on Earth. Metaphorically, then, if we believe Jesus's words rep. God, then we "see" God.

[titid]

long live for you Mr President may all the spirits be protected you and your family

[GmanZouk]

@ShlomoBarak I am not for nor against him. I think he could have succeeded to get Haiti to develop but he made mistakes. The mistakes that he made were diplomatic. People have to be careful when they say that he was a murderer, a drug traficker etc..The media lies and people believe whatever. When they say Haiti is the poorest country, people believe it but yet Haiti has oil, gold, etc...Aristide knew Haiti has natural resources, but he did not use the correct diplomacy to manage things right.

[GmanZouk]

@ikasuna ARISTIDE WAS OUSTED FOR 4 REASONS. 1) For his Liberation Theology. The US, Canada and France controls and are taking at will our natural resources. Aristide was too direct telling them to get out of Haiti. He did not use the correct diplomacy to work with them to benefit Haiti. 2) The pressure on France to pay up the 40 billion dollars and the US to give us back Navassa Island. 3) Fear that he was getting too close to Cuba, Venezuela and China. 4) American interests in Haiti.