Eloquent Speech, Troubling Ideas

March 18, 2008

Eloquent Speech, Troubling Ideas

Ken Blackwell released the following statement in reaction to Senator Barack Obama's speech today. "Barack Obama just gave an eloquent speech, but one that does not address the underlying nature of Senator Obama's beliefs. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, like Mr. Obama, believes in a state-centered 21st century form of big-government socialism. This 21st century form of socialism is at the heart of the Liberation Theology Rev. Wright preaches from the pulpit. Today, Mr. Obama again made it clear, with all his eloquence, that he still embraces these beliefs that would require dismantling the free-market system that has made our country's economy the most prosperous in all of human history.

In contrast to Liberation Theology, the Christian orthodoxy teaches about the nature of God, the nature of man, the relationship between the two in this life, and about the hereafter.

Liberation Theology, on the other hand, is a belief system about
political agendas,
socialistic economic policy,
and redistribution of wealth.
Proponents of Liberation Theology, like Rev. Wright, teach that
God commands us to form a government that will supervise our economy to create government-subsidized jobs under central-government planning;
guarantee healthcare and education by having government control both;
and achieve 'economic equality' by redistributing wealth through massive taxes on the affluent and massive government entitlements for the poor.
And it advocates replacing governments that do not embrace this socialistic agenda.
Those are the beliefs of Liberation Theology."
For the remainder of Ken's insights, go to frcaction.org.