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Tue 18 Mar, 2008 07:57 am
Why should there be "Black Theology"?
Is God black?
He might be. Sometimes I pick up a little soul in the thunder.
Re: Black Theology?
Miller wrote:Why should there be "Black Theology"?
Is God black?
You mean does a non-mortal deity, often referred to as "the unmoved mover," have
ancestors? Human, mortal ancestors no less? And did those human ancestors hail from Africa?
Um,
yes.
Is there a Kool Aid god, gargamel, and if so, do you worship it?
Re: Black Theology?
Gargamel wrote:Miller wrote:Why should there be "Black Theology"?
Is God black?
You mean does a non-mortal deity, often referred to as "the unmoved mover," have
ancestors? Human, mortal ancestors no less? And did those human ancestors hail from Africa?
Um,
yes.
Since when does a SPIRIT have color?
It is sort of a diaphanous darkness, miller.
Hard to explain, really, but such a thing does exist. You will have to trust me on this one.
Don't be afraid. I'm right here.
What if there's a ghost hiding in the bushes?
Re: Black Theology?
Miller wrote:
Since when does a SPIRIT have color?
since christians insisted that jesus was white..
I think god is Black. There is historical evidence that says god very well was probably Black.
Thats true.
He DID have a posse.
This thread deserves a gold star!
Re: Black Theology?
Miller wrote:Why should there be "Black Theology"?
Is God black?
The 'Black Theology' championed by James Cone (mentioned by Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright as one of his foundational influences for preaching a 'Black Values System' ) is one in which God is only accepted if He supports killing whites.
Quote:Barack Obama's suddenly radioactive pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has defended himself against charges of anti-Americanism and racism by referring to his foundational philosophy, the "black liberation theology" of scholars such as James Cone, who regard Jesus Christ as a "black messiah" and blacks as "the chosen people" who will only accept a god who assists their aim of destroying the "white enemy."
"If God is not for us and against white people," writes Cone, "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 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.
from
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59230
real life, do you think the depiction of Jesus down through time a person with the characteristics of an anglo/European is indicative of an ethnocentrism within the origins of contemporary Christianity? If so, then how do you reconcile that ethnocentricity with the gospel that makes all equal in Jesus - Jew, Greek, male, female, slave and free? If not, then why hasn't Jesus been depicted in a way that is more probably how he looked, being Hebrew - broader nose, darker skin, kinkier hair?
Do we have to pick? I like both versions:
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