A Commentary on Black Theology (He Means Libera)

A Commentary on Black Theology (He Means Libera)
by: Dr. Robert A. Morey 11/20/04

THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK LIBERAL THEOLOGY

All racist theologies have the same basic core ideas and methodology. Thus itdoes not really matter if we are talking about the KKK, the Nation of Islam orBlack liberal theology, their focus is always on skin and not sin; race and notgrace; gossip and not gospel. Racism is always focused on the outward insteadof the inward because it cannot deal with the root problem of sin. Hatred andviolence feed on bitterness and racist rage. Class envy does not help anyone inthis life or in the next. Blaming others for one's own sin and guilt will notsolve the problem. We must take responsibility for what we do in life insteadof blaming "the man" for our failures and woe. This is why we need to breakthe shackle of black liberal theology which enslave the black man and keepshim poor and angry. May God use this study to liberate black men and women fromthe lie of black liberal theology.

I am aware that while the vast majority of Black Liberal Theologians areclearly guilty of believing in white liberalism and Neo-Marxist liberationtheology, there are a few "conservative" writers who have fallen for some oftheir lies. Thus they will complain that not everything stated in this articleapplies to them. But as with any other movement, we must deal with the majorityview and not with those few who are out of step with that majority.

I. The "Roots" of Black Liberal Theology.

"Black liberal theology" (from now on shortened to the initials "BT")is another name for Western Liberation Theology which was created by white,middle-class, European, Marxist, liberal theologians to foster social changeby manipulating the lower classes to violent revolution against democraticgovernments in order to establish a communist state. Thus BT did not originatein Africa but in Europe.The fundamental ideas of BT did not come from black thinkers but from suchwhite European thinkers as Hegel, Darwin, Marx, etc. It is Euro-centric in itsideology although it is Euro-phobic in its rhetoric. Black liberal theologiansare in reality "Uncle Toms" still licking the boots of their white, Marxistmasters at such bastions of white liberalism as Princeton, Yale, Harvard, etc..They are the slaves of Karl Marx.

II. The Goals Of Black Liberal Theology

The goals of BT are to turn religion into sociology, Christianity into apolitical agenda, Jesus into a black Marxist rebel, and the gospel into violentrevolution. They are more interested in politics than preaching the gospel.

III. The Methodology of Black Liberal Theology

The main method employed by BT is to manipulate embittered young blacks byturning their feelings of inferiority, alienation, jealousy, hopelessness andself-hate, into racist rage against whites, Orientals and affluent blacks whoare conveniently blamed for their lack of personal initiative to better theirlot in life.

IV. The Main Philosophic Error of Black Liberal Theology

BT is based upon the philosophic error of relativism in which "Jesus" isviewed as only a religious symbol which can be interpreted anyway they want.Thus it does not matter who and what the historical Jesus really was. BTinvented a black Marxist Jesus to lead the way to violent revolution becausesuch a "Jesus" will serve their purpose. BT is condemned in II Cor. 11:4 andGal. 1:8-9.

V. The Racism Of Black Liberal Theology

While BT is filled with racist statements against whites and Orientals, it isprimarily a form of "black on black" racism. The following evidence demonstratesthis to be true.

A. While BT claims to give blacks a better self-image, they unwittinglyencourage a poor self-image among blacks by defining "blackness" in suchnegative terms as "the poor," "the oppressed," and "niggers." Why do theyalways define the "black experience" in such negative terms? Why do theyassume that all blacks live in the ghetto subsisting on welfare in themidst of crime and filth?

B. With its constant emphasis on God loves the poor, the oppressed, etc.BT actually paralyzes and demoralizes blacks to accept a parasitic life-style dependent on the government dole instead of fostering self-relianceand entrepreneurship.

C. It seems to me that BT feeds off of class envy and racist rage. Instead ofspending their time blaming the white man for the black man's problems, BTought to be encouraging black men or women to become financially successfulthrough hard work and self-reliance.

D. BT often describes the black man as a helpless victim of forces and peoplebeyond his control. But this negative stereotype often leads people toaccept poverty, drugs, crime and filth as their unalterable fate.

E. BT makes a great mistake when it assumes that poverty automatically meanscrime and filth. Just because you are poor does not mean you have alicense to rob, rape, or murder others. The poor are for the most partgood and honest people. Crime is crime regardless of who commits it.Poverty is no excuse for criminality.

F. BT judges people on the basis of the color of their skin instead of thecontent of their character.

G. BT gives the impression that the black man's problem is his skin insteadof his sin.

H. Most BT books glorify rage, hatred and violence instead of faith, hope andlove.

I. BT preaches race instead of grace as the solution to problems.

J. BT cries out for political liberation instead of spiritual salvation.

K. BT thinks more of Marx than it does of Jesus.

L. BT is more interested in black culture than in Jesus Christ.

VI. The Liberalism Of Black Liberal Theology

BT is not a fundamental, Bible-believing, Christ-honoring theology. BT wascreated by white liberation theologians at white liberal seminaries anduniversities that are radically anti-Christian and anti-Bible.

A. Most of those involved in BT do not believe in the Trinity, the deity ofChrist, His virgin birth, sinless life, vicarious death, bodily resurrection,literal ascension or return to this world. They claim that all such doctrinesare "Western."

B. Many of those who teach BT openly deny the immortality of the soul, aconscious after-life in heaven or hell, the resurrection of the dead, the LastJudgment and the eternal conscious torment of the damned in hell. They usuallysay that hell is "being black on welfare in the ghetto." They attack thoseblacks who talk about heaven as a "pie in the sky by and by slave mentality."

C. BT often denounces Christianity as racist and the "white man's religion."But then it turns around and claims that Jesus was black. If Jesus was a blackman, then how can Christianity be the "white man's religion?"

D. Most BT writers deny the inspiration, inerrancy and authority of the Biblewhile at the same time using it to foster their racist agenda.

E. Many BT leaders teach the theory of evolution in which man evolved from anape in Africa as if that theory can give dignity to blacks or to anyone else.The theory of evolution actually destroys all dignity and morals by reducingman to an animal.

VII. The Absurdity of Black Liberal Theology

BT is so filled with self-contradiction and erroneous ideas that it is has nointellectual merit. For example, BT defines "blackness" and "whiteness" in theMarxist sense of class struggle. Thus BT is not really talking about blacknessas a race but as a class. WAKE UP! Read that last sentence again. Did you getit? Black liberal theology is really concerned with class struggle and notabout black people per se. What is "black" and "white" according to the BTbooks?

Black = anyone regardless of race or color who is economically andpolitically oppressed by the upper classes.White = anyone regardless of race or color who is guilty of oppressingthe lower classes.

Walter McCray in his book, The Black Presence In The Bible, quotes withapproval the definition of blackness given by his liberal mentor, CharlesCopher.

Additionally, one may be defined as black regardless of color or race;all who suffer oppression...are classified as black.(p. 161, n.72.)

This irrational definition ends up with some white people being "black" andsome black people being "white." According to BT's definition, a blond, blue-eyed, white Swede on drugs and welfare is "black" while the successful blackman who owns his own company is "white." Other absurdities abound in theirwritings.

A. BT claims that Adam and Eve were black. If this is true, then all menare "black" because they came from the first black parents. On what groundsthen does BT divide up mankind into black vs white and black vs yellow?Aren't we all "black" having come from the same original black DNA?

B. BT claims that Noah, his wife and their three sons and wives were allblacks. Yet, they also claim that the blacks descended from Ham. And theyrun through the Bible looking for Hamite references to track the historyof the black race. How can this obvious contradiction be resolved ?

C. As part of its Marxist ideology, BT believes that history is as relativeas morals. Thus BT rewrites history to foster its own socio-political goals.This is why BT does not hesitate to teach lies and to practice academicchicanery. The "truth" is not their concern. To manipulate young blacksinto racist rage is always their real goal.

D. BT claims that nearly every individual and nation mentioned in the Biblewas black. They do not prove that this true. They simply asset that this isso. Anyone who disagrees with them is labeled a racist.

E. BT claims that the ancient Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians and Persianswere all black. Yet, they were the cruelest oppressors known in history.For example, the Assyrians enslaved and deported entire populations. Massmurder was their favorite means of oppression. How can they be "black"when they were worse oppressors than Hitler or Stalin?

F. BT claims that the ancient Egyptians were black and that the Jews wereblack as well. But since the Egyptians were a very oppressive society whichenslaved the Jews and other minorities and conquered many surroundingnations, how can the Egyptians be "black" and oppress people at the sametime?

G. BT just like the KKK and other racist groups claims that its race is thesole source of all that is good in all cultures. But this is a two edgedsword. If the blacks are responsible for all the good in the world, thenthey are equally responsible for all the evil. To claim that the blackman can do no wrong and that the white man and yellow man can do no good,is absurd as well as racist.

H. BT claims that the ancient Greeks were black and thus Greek philosophy wascreated by blacks. But then BT also says that the white Greeks stole theirphilosophy from African blacks. How can the Greeks be black and white atthe same time? But if they were all blacks, then what is wrong with blackssharing ideas?

I. BT claims that the Greeks stole their ideas from black Africans and thusall the good in Western culture comes from blacks. But if this is true,how can BT condemn Western culture on one hand and then claim that it camefrom blacks on the other hand?

J. BT also claims that all the good in Oriental culture came from Africanblacks. The Orientals thus stole their culture from the blacks. But if thisis true, why are African motifs missing in Oriental philosophies and art?

K. BT authors claim that the Egyptian word Kemet means "the land of theBlacks." In reality, the word actually means "the black land" referring tothe dark soil along the flood plain of the Nile. It is used in Egyptianliterature in opposition to the word Deshret which literally means "the redland," a reference to the color of the dirt or sand in the desert.

VIII. Black Liberal Theology Contradicts The Bible

In order to make everyone in the Bible black, BT takes passages out of context,ignores the grammar of Hebrew and Greek, and then attacks anyone who disagreeswith them as "racist" or "white." But BT violates several clear Scriptures.

1. Acts 17:26 "He made from one all the nations of mankindto live on all the face of the earth."

The Bible teaches that there is only one race --the human race-- regardlessof size, shape or color. Thus there is no "black" or "white" blood. There isonly human blood which can be transfused from one man to the next regardlessof color or race. BT con-tradicts this by talking about "black blood."

2. Rom. 2:11 "There is no partiality with God."

God does not treat people any differently because they are red, yellow, blackor white. They are all precious in His sight. But BT claims that God is partialto blacks! This is just as wrong as the Nazis who claimed the same thing forthe Ayrian race or the KKK who claims the same for the white race.

3. Gal. 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there isneither slave nor free man, there is neither male norfemale, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

BT divides the Church into different economic classes and pits them againsteach other. Thus they try to put asunder what God has joined together. TheBody of Christ is one.

4. Eph. 4:4-5:2 "Let all bitterness and wrath and angerand clamor and slander be put away from you, along withall malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted,forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also hasforgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as belovedchildren; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you,and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice toGod as a fragrant aroma."

BT preaches bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, slander and that blacks shouldseek revenge instead of taking the path of forgiveness.

5. 1 Sam 16:7 "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look athis appearance or at the height of his stature, because I haverejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks atthe outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

BT looks only at the outward appearance. This is wrong. We must judge peoplenot by their color but by their moral character or lack of it.

Conclusion

Black liberal theology is not of God but of the devil. It is nothing morethan "white liberal religion" and is used by white theologians and politiciansto keep blacks down in order to use them as cannon fodder for a Marxistrevolution. Black liberal theologians slave for their white Marxist masters tobring about a violent revolution that would guarantee that all men, blacksincluded, would always be poor and oppressed.The only answer to liberal theology, regardless of the color of those whoteach it, is personal salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. Once you haveexperienced the love of God in Christ, you do not have any room in you heartfor the self-hate and racist rage upon which BT feeds.The black community needs a revival-- not a revolution; Jesus--not Marx;Christianity --not liberalism. Jesus is the only One who can change the heartsof all men and set them free from their bondage to sin.