Quote:The core of the main heresy is that the major tenet of all Liberation Theology is that "God" is only concerned with the oppressed. Maybe because the TUC is the largest UCC congregational church. And, who knows why they cast a blind eye to the truth?
So, because they believe in Liberation Theology, they are heretics, full stop? That's the argument?
That sounds rather intolerant to me, leaving aside the whole point that it's not your call to make.
Edit: But it is the UCC's to make. From the UCC wikipedia page:
Quote:The motto of the United Church of Christ comes from John 17:21: "That they may all be one." The denomination's official literature uses broad doctrinal parameters, honoring creeds and confessions as "testimonies of faith" rather than "tests of faith," and emphasizes freedom of individual conscience and local church autonomy. Indeed, the relationship between local congregations and the denomination's national headquarters is covenantal rather than hierarchical: local churches have complete control of their finances, hiring and firing of clergy and other staff, and theological and political stands.
Theological and political stands are at the discretion of the individual church, and this is the orthodox doctrine of the UCC.
Quote:Wright metaphorically characterizes the US government as the biblical Rome, and all who stand with the US as the biblical Roman oppressors. Also, the handy anti-semitism in this characterization is that it was the Jews who called for the crucifixion of Christ, thereby you can package all your struggle/troubles into either anti-americanism or anti-semitism. The dangerous parallel that is a haunting similarity of this metaphor is what is preached by radical Islam everyday. This is why Michele Obama has never been proud of her country, and why Jesse Jackson in an ad lib moment let his racist slip show.
Methinks you're reading a heck of a lot into this stuff. Do you have any evidence for your charge of anti-semitism being "packaged" into Wright's speeches? Or is that just supposed to be self-evident? I can't say I've found anything he's said "hauntingly similar" to radial Islam. Your ellision of anti-semitism and anti-americanism is disturbing, to say the least.
And now we're bringing in Jesse Jackson! What connection does he have to this whole mess? Oh, yeah. He's black. I guess that's enough.
-Jester