THE
TRUTH ABOUT BLACK LIBERAL THEOLOGY
by Dr. Robert A. Morey
All racist theologies have the same basic core ideas and
methodology. Thus it does not really matter if we are talking
about the KKK, the Nation of Islam or Black liberal theology,
their focus is always on skin and not sin; race and not grace;
gossip and not gospel. Racism is always focused on the outward
instead of the inward because it cannot deal with the root problem
of sin. Hatred and violence feed on bitterness and racist rage.
Class envy does not help anyone in this life or in the next.
Blaming others for one's own sin and guilt will not solve the
problem. We must take responsibility for what we do in life
instead of blaming "the man" for our failures and woe.
This is why we need to break the shackle of black liberal theology
which enslave the black man and keeps him poor and angry. May God
use this study to liberate black men and women from the lie of
black liberal theology.
I am aware that while the vast majority of Black Liberal
Theologians are clearly guilty of believing in white liberalism
and Neo-Marxist liberation theology, there are a few
"conservative" writers who have fallen for some of their
lies. Thus they will complain that not everything stated in this
article applies to them. But as with any other movement, we must
deal with the majority view 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 change by
manipulating the lower classes to violent revolution against
democratic governments in order to establish a communist state.
Thus BT did not originate in Africa but in Europe.
The fundamental ideas of BT did not come from black thinkers but
from such white European thinkers as Hegel, Darwin, Marx, etc. It
is Euro-centric in its ideology although it is Euro-phobic in its
rhetoric. Black liberal theologians are in reality "Uncle
Toms" still licking the boots of their white, Marxist
masters 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 a political agenda, Jesus into a black Marxist rebel, and the
gospel into violent revolution. 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 by turning their feelings of inferiority, alienation,
jealousy, hopelessness and self-hate, into racist rage against
whites, Orientals and affluent blacks who are conveniently blamed
for their lack of personal initiative to better their lot in life.
IV. The Main Philosophic Error of Black Liberal Theology
BT is based upon the philosophic error of relativism in which
"Jesus" is viewed 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. BT invented a black Marxist
Jesus to lead the way to violent revolution because such a
"Jesus" will serve their purpose.
BT is condemned in II Cor. 11:4 and Gal. 1:8-9.
V. The Racism Of Black Liberal Theology
While BT is filled with racist statements against whites and
Orientals, it is primarily a form of "black on black"
racism. The following evidence demonstrates this to be true.
A. While BT claims to give blacks a better self-image, they
unwittingly encourage a poor self-image among blacks by defining
"blackness" in such negative terms as "the
poor," "the oppressed," and "niggers."
Why do they always define the "black experience" in such
negative terms? Why do they assume that all blacks live in the
ghetto subsisting on welfare in the midst 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-reliance and entrepreneurship.
C. It seems to me that BT feeds off of class envy and racist rage.
Instead of spending their time blaming the white man for the black
man's problems, BT ought to be encouraging black men or women to
become financially successful through hard work and self-reliance.
D. BT often describes the black man as a helpless victim of forces
and people beyond his control. But this negative stereotype often
leads people to accept poverty, drugs, crime and filth as their
unalterable fate.
E.
BT makes a great mistake when it assumes that poverty
automatically means crime and filth. Just because you are poor
does not mean you have a license to rob, rape, or murder others.
The poor are for the most part good 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 the content of their character.
G. BT gives the impression that the black man's problem is his
skin instead of his sin.
H. Most BT books glorify rage, hatred and violence instead of
faith, hope and love.
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 was created by white liberation theologians at white
liberal seminaries and universities that are radically
anti-Christian and anti-Bible.
A.
Most of those involved in BT do not believe in the Trinity, the
deity of Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, vicarious death,
bodily resurrection, literal ascension or return to this world.
They claim that all such doctrines are "Western."
B. Many of those who teach BT openly deny the immortality of the
soul, a conscious after-life in heaven or hell, the resurrection
of the dead, the Last Judgment and the eternal conscious torment
of the damned in hell. They usually say that hell is "being
black on welfare in the ghetto." They attack those blacks 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 black man, then how can
Christianity be the "white man's religion?"
D. Most BT writers deny the inspiration, inerrancy and authority
of the Bible while 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 an ape 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 reducing man to an animal.
VII. The Absurdity of Black Liberal Theology
BT is so filled with self-contradiction and erroneous ideas that
it is has no intellectual merit. For example, BT defines
"blackness" and "whiteness" in the Marxist
sense of class struggle.
Thus BT is not really talking about blackness as a race but as a
class. WAKE UP! Read that last sentence again. Did you get it?
Black liberal theology is really concerned with class struggle and
not about black people per se.
What is "black" and "white" according to the
BT books?
Black = anyone regardless of race or color who is economically and
politically oppressed by the upper classes.
White = anyone regardless of race or color who is guilty of
oppressing the lower classes.
Walter McCray in his book, The Black Presence In The Bible, quotes
with approval the definition of blackness given by his liberal
mentor, Charles Copher.
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" and some black people being "white."
According to BT's definition, a blond, blue-eyed, white Swede on
drugs and welfare is "black" while the successful black
man who owns his own company is "white."
Other absurdities abound in their writings.
A. BT claims that Adam and Eve were black. If this is true, then
all men are "black" because they came from the first
black parents. On what grounds then 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 all blacks. Yet, they also claim that the blacks descended
from Ham. And they run through the Bible looking for Hamite
references to track the history of the black race.
How can this obvious contradiction be resolved ?
C. As part of its Marxist ideology, BT believes that history is as
relative as 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 academic chicanery. The "truth" is
not their concern. To manipulate young blacks into racist rage is
always their real goal.
D. BT claims that nearly every individual and nation mentioned in
the Bible was black. They do not prove that this true.
They simply asset that this is so. Anyone who disagrees with them
is labeled a racist.
E.
BT claims that the ancient Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians and
Persians were all black. Yet, they were the cruelest oppressors
known in history. For example, the Assyrians enslaved and deported
entire populations. Mass murder 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 were black as well. But since the Egyptians were a very
oppressive society which enslaved the Jews and other minorities
and conquered many surrounding nations, how can the Egyptians be
"black" and oppress people at the same time?
G. BT just like the KKK and other racist groups claims that its
race is the sole source of all that is good in all cultures. But
this is a two edged sword. If the blacks are responsible for all
the good in the world, then they are equally responsible for all
the evil. To claim that the black man 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 was created by blacks. But then BT also says that the
white Greeks stole their philosophy from African blacks. How can
the Greeks be black and white at the same time? But if they were
all blacks, then what is wrong with blacks sharing ideas?
I. BT claims that the Greeks stole their ideas from black Africans
and thus all 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 came from blacks on the other hand?
J. BT also claims that all the good in Oriental culture came from
African blacks. The Orientals thus stole their culture from the
blacks. But if this is true, why are African motifs missing in
Oriental philosophies and art?
K. BT authors claim that the Egyptian word Kemet means "the
land of the Blacks." In reality, the word actually means
"the black land" referring to the dark soil along the
flood plain of the Nile.
It is used in Egyptian literature in opposition to the word
Deshret which literally means "the red land," 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 disagrees with them as "racist" or
"white."
But BT violates several clear Scriptures.
1. Acts 17:26 "He made from one all the nations of mankind to
live on all the face of the earth."
The Bible teaches that there is only one race --the human race--
regardless of size, shape or color. Thus there is no
"black" or "white" blood. There is only human
blood which can be transfused from one man to the next regardless
of 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, black or white.
They are all precious in His sight. But BT claims that God is
partial to blacks! This is just as wrong as the Nazis who claimed
the same thing for the Ayrian race or the KKK who claims the same
for the white race.
3. Gal. 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female, for
you are all one in Christ Jesus."
BT divides the Church into different economic classes and pits
them against each other. Thus they try to put asunder what God has
joined together. The Body of Christ is one.
4. Eph. 4:4-5:2 "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and
clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
And be kind to one another, tender-hearted,
forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in
love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us,
an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma."
BT preaches bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, slander and that
blacks should seek revenge instead of taking the path of
forgiveness.
5.
1 Sam 16:7 "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at
his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have
rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the
outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
BT looks only at the outward appearance.
This is wrong. We must judge people not 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 more than "white liberal religion" and is used
by white theologians and politicians to keep blacks down in order
to use them as cannon fodder for a Marxist revolution. Black
liberal theologians slave for their white Marxist masters to bring
about a violent revolution that would guarantee that all men,
blacks included, would always be poor and oppressed. The only
answer to liberal theology, regardless of the color of those who
teach it, is personal salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ.
Once you have experienced the love of God in Christ, you do not
have any room in you heart for 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 hearts of all men and set them
free from their bondage to sin.
Copyright 1994 Research & Education Foundation (REF)
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