ORIGINAL MAN COMPLEXES and LIBERATION THEOLOGY..

"Original man complexes" and the search for "cultural and spiritual identity", is becoming more and more prevalent amongst "black people", generally speaking. But, WHY? Our generation is in "crisis mode" at the highest level, and the "identity crises" in our communities is more prevalent than it should be!

A complex is a structure in the unconscious that is objectified as an underlying theme—like a power or a status—by grouping clusters of emotions, memories, perceptions and wishes in response to a threat to the stability of the self.

WHAT ARE "THE ISSUES"? Spiritual Bondage, Fatherlessness, Gangs, Consumerism, Poverty Mentalities, Entitlement, Entertainment Culture, Ignorance of History, Systemic Racism, Cyclic Poverty and Government Dependence, etc..

DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDS

OUR PEOPLE are way to intelligent to be duped by the historic and blatant ideological poison of “race-identity politics” that is the FOUNDATION STONE for “how” the Black Community has been approached since the Civil Rights Movement in this country!  DEMOCRATS did NOT advance — The Civil Rights Act, The Voting Rights Act, the 13th, 14th, or 15th Amendments in the US Constitution, etc etc.

The REPUBLICAN PARTY “did”; and was founded by members of the Abolition Movement that were Black folks that understood supporting the “party” that once considered us 3/4 of a human being is NOT wise, thoughtful, or “progress”; if that’s the goal at all!

OUR HISTORY..

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country. The movement had its origins in the Reconstruction era during the late 19th century and had its modern roots in the 1940s, although the movement made its largest legislative gains in the 1960s after years of direct actions and grassroots protests. The social movement's major nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience campaigns eventually secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans.

After the American Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery in the 1860s, the Reconstruction Amendments to the United States Constitution granted emancipation and constitutional rights of citizenship to all African Americans, most of whom had recently been enslaved. For a short period of time, African-American men voted and held political office, but as time went on Blacks were increasingly deprived of civil rights, often under the racist Jim Crow laws, and African Americans were subjected to discrimination and sustained violence by white supremacists in the South. Over the following century, various efforts were made by African Americans to secure their legal and civil rights, such as the civil rights movements of 1865–1896 and 1896–1954. The movement was characterized by nonviolent mass protests and civil disobedience following highly publicized events such as the lynching of Emmett Till. These included boycotts such as the Montgomery bus boycott, "sit-ins" in Greensboro and Nashville, a series of protests during the Birmingham campaign, and a march from Selma to Montgomery.

At the culmination of a legal strategy pursued by African Americans, in 1954 the Supreme Court struck down the underpinnings of laws that had allowed racial segregation and discrimination to be legal in the United States as unconstitutional. The Warren Court made a series of landmark rulings against racist discrimination, including the separate but equal doctrine, such as Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964), and Loving v. Virginia (1967) which banned segregation in public schools and public accommodations, and struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage. The rulings played a crucial role in bringing an end to the segregationist Jim Crow laws prevalent in the Southern states. In the 1960s, moderates in the movement worked with the United States Congress to achieve the passage of several significant pieces of federal legislation that authorized oversight and enforcement of civil rights laws. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly banned all discrimination based on race, including racial segregation in schools, businesses, and in public accommodations. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 restored and protected voting rights by authorizing federal oversight of registration and elections in areas with historic under-representation of minority voters. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.

African Americans re-entered politics in the South, and young people across the country began to take action. From 1964 through 1970, a wave of riots and protests in black communities dampened support from the white middle class, but increased support from private foundations. The emergence of the Black Power movement, which lasted from 1965 to 1975, challenged Black leaders of the movement for its cooperative attitude and its adherence to legalism and nonviolence. Its leaders demanded not only legal equality, but also economic self-sufficiency for the community. Support for the Black Power movement came from African Americans who had seen little material improvement since the civil rights movement's peak in the mid-1960s, and still faced discrimination in jobs, housing, education and politics.

Many popular representations of the civil rights movement are centered on the charismatic leadership and philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr., who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for combatting racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. However, some scholars note that the movement was too diverse to be credited to any particular person, organization, or strategy.

HOW HAS "THE CHURCH" CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRISES?

Historically, "Christian doctrine" or the historical expression thereof, has been humanistically and demonically "hijacked" through degrading, deluding and distorting "the truth" about ALL PEOPLE, but more specifically black folks", instead of realizing why such diversity actually exists in light of God's Great Plan for the Ages!

By refusing to address the overt prejudice and the racism that has been both acknowledged and further exacerbated in the Western Church "without apology", it's never really been addressed or "corrected", which forces "hurting people", "thinking people", and "wavering people" in the continuum of their development "in Christ" -- to choose "another way"; and we, in turn, diminish the power of the redemptive and reconciliatory plan and message that we've been called to reflect and represent as "true kingdom citizens" in this dark and dreary world!

By continuing to follow the same script -- while shuffling the same ethnocentric and religious agenda, "white privilege", "white is right" and "white supremacy" has been the society standard heretofore, advancing a lopsided and culturally poisonous attitude of the heart that has infiltrated much of the universal church, and has also subtly subjugated and paralyzed "race relations" and the "repairing the breach" of economic, ethnic and social injustice; which has sadly kept the church "segregated"; even to this very moment! Yet, while differences and disparities "play big" into some of the sluggish orientation we should have towards one another, the influence we allow "culture" or society to have on us further debilitates and stagnates our ability to "relate"; especially when we've NOT renewed our minds according to GOD's WORD!

By foolishly "playing church" for too long, the "blessing and curse" of our emotionalism, blind loyalty and lethargic indifference of too many devoted "black" church members to "dysfunctional black leadership" -- instead of Christ, has further cemented and fortified a cultural, religious and political "identity" that is NOT biblically-centered or fully vested "in Christ"; so many suffer in silence, while the rest of us succumb to the intoxicating powers of the "culture war", which further divides and isolates us from one another; and fuels a greater depth of apathy, indifference and passivity that is "killing" the advancement of the Kingdom "in us" -- but, especially amongst "the unchurched millennials" in our generation!

IN SOCIETY, these are the REALITIES:

• BELIEFS = what we think about what we see and hear
• BEHAVIORS = what we do about what we believe
• DOCTRINE = what we learn through the various information sources and institutions
• CULTURE = how we celebrate and incorporate the ideas of Art, Laws, Traditions, Customs, etc.

IN CHRIST, these are the REALITIES:

• BELIEFS = what God's Word or Promises says is in our best interest that renews the mind in accordance with the truth
• BEHAVIORS = what we do with our renewed minds in every area of life
• DOCTRINE = what the Word of God teaches specifically concerning various areas
• CULTURE = what we establish in representation as a community of believers in Christ

Leviticus 19:34

"You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."

Proverbs 22:2

The rich and the poor have a common bond, The LORD is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

1 Samuel 16:7

"But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."

Acts 10:28

And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean.

Acts 10:34-35

Opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him.

Acts 17:26

"And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.

Romans 10:12-13

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."

Galatians 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.

Colossians 3:11

"A renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

James 2:9

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

1 John 2:11

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Revelation 5:9

"And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation."

Revelation 7:9

"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands."

• "SEEING YOURSELF" IN CHRIST

• ADDRESSING "THE VOID"

• DEALING WITH THE INJUSTICES, WITHOUT APOLOGY

Black Supremacy – "Obama suggests Blacks are the 'Chosen People'?"

Barack Obama planted a "wicked seed" during his eight years in the White House; and too many Black Folks swallowed it, because of the BROKENNESS, LOSTNESS, and WEIRDNESS surrounding our alignment to OUR OPPRESSORS, through the Democratic Party Establishment..

As Obama celebrates Passover in the White House, in his famous speech on race relations, "A more Perfect Union," Obama made reference to supremacist black nationalist belief that blacks are the real Jews, the Chosen People. White supremacists, such as the Christian Identity movement have a similar race-based gnostic concept that whites are the biblical "Chosen People" and inherited the Jews' covenant with God. This quote is excerpted from the text of the speech:

In my first book, Dreams From My Father, I described the experience of my first service at Trinity: "People began to shout, to rise from their seats and clap and cry out, a forceful wind carrying the reverend's voice up into the rafters….And in that single note – hope! – I heard something else; at the foot of that cross, inside the thousands of churches across the city, I imagined the stories of ordinary black people merging with the stories of David and Goliath, Moses and Pharaoh, the Christians in the lion's den, Ezekiel's field of dry bones. 

Those stories – of survival, and freedom, and hope – became our story, my story; the blood that had spilled was our blood, the tears our tears; until this black church, on this bright day, seemed once more a vessel carrying the story of a people into future generations and into a larger world. Our trials and triumphs became at once unique and universal, black and more than black; in chronicling our journey, the stories and songs gave us a means to reclaim memories that we didn't need to feel shame about…memories that all people might study and cherish – and with which we could start to rebuild."

A couple of hundred years ago, some black slaves in America began to identify intensely with the suffering of the Jews of the Old Testament and the captivity of the Jews in Babylon and in Egypt. The idea has been transformed into the basic belief of the the black nationalist cult religious movement. There are a number of black nationalist sects and various groups identify themselves as Muslims, Jews or Christians, but they are really not any of these and have more in common with each other than they do with the religions to which they claim to belong. Black nationalists maintain that they are "the real Jews" and that "white" Jews are apostate. They revile traditional Christianity as a religion designed to keep blacks (and other non-whites) enslaved and oppressed. It is not a church, but an anti-church.

That is what Obama refers to above. The Black Liberation Theology of Obama's sect under Jeremiah Wright explicitly states that blacks are the "Chosen People" and that whites and America will face retribution for slavery. The following quote is from Black Theology and Black Power" by James H. Cone (1969), page 151, his first book on Black Liberation Theology.

Therefore, God's Word of recon­ciliation means that we can only be justified by becoming black. Reconciliation makes us all black. Through this radical change, we become identified totally with the suffering of the black masses. It is this fact that makes all white churches anti-Christian in their essence. To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people!

Obama prays to the "god of Black Supremacy". Furthermore, Black Liberation Theology teaches that white society is the Antichrist and America's democratic institutions, such as the Constitution, are the demonic tool of the "Antichrist," used by the Antichrist to hold the non-white peoples of the world in oppression and servitude. This quote is taken from "Black Theology and Black Power" by James H. Cone (1969), page 135.

Because Black Theology is biblical theology seeking to create new value-perspectives for the oppressed, it is revolutionary theology. It is a theology which confronts white society as the racist Antichrist, communicating to the oppressor that nothing will be spared in the fight for freedom. It is this attitude which distinguishes it from white American theology and identifies it with the religionists of the Third World.

Black Liberation Theology, like the broader theology of black nationalism, is a bizarre, supremacist, cult religious belief system and Americans need to learn more about it, in order to understand Obama's motivations. Obama often reveals his black nationalist beliefs in his actions as well as his words. Traditional Christianity was not taught at Trinity United Church of Christ and that is the only church that Obama ever joined.

This is a clip of a group of Black Hebrew Israelites, who have similar beliefs to the Black Liberation Theology of Obama's pseudo-Christian sect, but are much more public about it. These doctrines teach that evil white people can be redeemed only by submitting to black will, such as the white in this clip, or by being eliminated completely. This belief justifies Obama's own urge to dictate in order the destroy the system of black oppression.

If the foundation books on Black Liberation Theology by James H. Cone are compared to the doctrine of the broader black nationalist movement, you can see that Black Liberation Theology is just a more sophisticated version of the theology of the broader black nationalist movement. The books by Elijah Muhammad, available on Amazon, are probably the best description of the black identity theology of black nationalism. Read some of the books by or about Elijah Muhammad and compare the basic beliefs that the black race is God and the white race the devil to the basic beliefs of Black Liberation Theology, the doctrine of Obama's black nationalist sect in Chicago.

Some have suggested that Obama is a psychopathic Narcissist, a psychological disorder endemic to politicians and cult leaders. Such people are attracted to cult doctrines like the religious doctrine of black racial nationalism, because it justifies their megalomaniacal feelings of having a divine mission in the world.

Question: "How should Christians view the Black Lives Matter movement?"

Answer: Started in 2013 in response to separate police shootings of two young black men, the Black Lives Matter movement came into prominence with its use of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag. Ever since, the phrase "black lives matter" has been a rallying cry of those who believe there is institutional racism against African-Americans in virtually every aspect of society, but especially in police departments and the legal system.

There is no point in discussing the statistics on black crime vs. the percentage of the black population and/or the numbers of black-on-black murders vs. the number of blacks killed by police officers. For every statistic, there is a dueling statistic and/or a way to reinterpret the statistic. There is no point in discussing the specific cases that spawned the Black Lives Matter movement. The various sides all seem to be rigorously locked into their understanding of the events and the aftermaths. Like most issues connected to race, it appears to be virtually impossible to have a constructive dialogue about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Biblically speaking, of course black lives matter. 

Blacks/African-Americans are equally created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26). In God's eyes, blacks are equal in value to whites, browns, reds, yellows, and everyone in between. Racism is evil. Some propose the saying "all lives matter" as an alternative. While "all lives matter" is absolutely and biblically true, it fails to address the issue at hand. The Black Lives Matter movement exists because many feel the world needs to be reminded that black lives do, in fact, matter.

Q. How should Christians view the goals of the black lives matter movement?

A. First, they should examine their hearts and ask God to help them get rid of any racist thoughts or tendencies. Second, they should fight against all true forms of racism that still exist in society. Third, they should be compassionate toward true victims of racism and point them toward Christ as the only answer for racism. Protests, policies, awareness, changes to the legal system, etc., etc., will never solve the problem of racism. Racism is the result of sin. Until the sin problem is dealt with—until people become new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17)—the problem of racism will never be eradicated.

Q. How should Christians view the methods of the black lives matter movement?

A. Peaceful protests against racial injustice are necessary and appropriate when racism has truly occurred. But Christians should never be involved in rioting, looting, violence against police officers, hateful speech, and/or "reverse" discrimination/racism against non-blacks. Injustice and hatred will not be ended by more injustice and hatred.  WS-3 -:)

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