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You probably need to read this one quick, before it is deleted.
Thank you (and all the others here) for your support. All I ask is fairness, and the deletion of my posts was hardly in keeping with fairness. They were a direct reflection of the personal bias of the person who deleted them -- apparently bnb.
Here is the post from folly to which I responded:
"Posted by: follylama
In reply to: mlsoft who wrote msg# 328345 Date:4/25/2008 10:15:43 PM
Post #of 328770
What can you tell us about 'The Afrocentric "black liberation theology"'?... I agree that many of the Wright snippets are offensive -- as played ad nauseum in the media. But what do you know about black liberation theology in general, and isn't it our right as Americans to affiliate with any denomination we choose??
Tell me, where does "judge not" come into play as well?? Because all I see is "judgement" -- anti-mormon, anti-catholic, anti-semitic, anti-islamic, etc, etc, etc, and anti-black church -- because Sunday morning is still very segregated... What does all this anti-stuff say about us as a nation??..."
And here is my reply, which was censored, presumably by bnb:
"folly...
It would take far longer than a post here to explain black liberation theology. To condense it as much as possible (and this is admittedly simplistic) it is a humanistic (man centered) theology which says that God, specifically Jesus, is on the side of the oppressed, especially blacks. Jesus was black, the disciples were black, and Jesus fights today to overcome the oppression of whites through black power.
Theologically, black liberation theology views salvation as a political entity rather than a spiritual one, and the pursuit of that goal is the object of the movement. Virtually all of the mandates and doctrines of the Bible are either ignored, denied, or redefined.
The movement like its big brother, liberation theology, is an offshoot of liberal theology and is incompatible with Biblical Christianity.
It is absolutely every American's right to affiliate with "any denomination we choose". No Christian would ever dispute that right, but the Christian would point out that not all "denominations" are acceptable to God. Those which deny the God of Scripture and deny the central tenets and doctrines of the Bible are obviously not pleasing to God, and it is the Christian's duty to point that out. Our duty, according to Scripture, is to proclaim the Gospel, and that we must do. It is up to each individual what he or she does with that information though, and not up to the Christian to force compliance in any way -- he can only warn of the consequences of poor choices.
"Judge not, lest you be judged" is not an injunction against the identification of sin for what it is, but rather against the hypocritical judging of your fellow Christian for sins when you have not examined and dealt with those same or similar sins in yourself. We are often far too eager to find excuses for or even engage in denial of our own sin while castigating the same sins in others.
Anti-catholic, anti-mormon, anti-semitic, anti-islamic and similar attitudes should always be based on Biblical standards, reflecting God view of those religions, not on our own prejudices. The proper Biblical attitude is not one of disdain or dislike of the individual, but of the anti-biblical beliefs of the religion involved that dishonors God and denies the God of Scripture. The problem is that those doctrines and religions deceive the individuals involved in them into thinking that they are ok with God, when they most assuredly are not -- to the extent that they deny the Gospel of Jesus as the sole basis for salvation and the forgiveness of sins, their adherents are on the road to an eternity in Hell. That is what Christians are called upon to point out to an unbelieving world, but it must be done out of love, not out of hatred.
Yes, I have always been somewhat saddened and curious about the segregation that we find on Sunday mornings in our Christian Churches also. My own church has a number of black members, but they represent less than 10% of the whole. They are fully accepted, fully loved, and participate fully in the programs and fellowship of the church, but for whatever reasons, many blacks seem to prefer to socialize with their own race, just as many whites do. I think it has more to do with being with those with whom they feel comfortable and can let their guards down with than anything else, but nonetheless, the behavior is real and constant throughout our society. Even in the workplace, I have noted that blacks and whites seek out their own at lunch time, breaks, and after work social gatherings. I personally think it is not a good thing, but it seems to be an integral part of human nature.
mlsoft"
This post will probably be deleted also, but as you can see, my post was a direct answer to a set of specific questions by folly. If my post was offensive or off topic, then by definition the questions by folly had to be the same. The subject of "black liberation theology" is very germaine to this board due to rev. wright and obama, and the board has been filled with dozens of posts on that topic the past two days, yet only mine, from a Biblical Christian perspective, was deleted.
The deletion was obviously out of a personal bias on the part of the person who deleted it, and in my opinion it demonstrates that the moderator in question is unfit for the task. All the very many posts touching on religion, including several posts denigrating Biblical Christianity were allowed the past couple of days -- only mine was deleted.
Apparently this board allows all sorts of religious posts covering all viewpoints except those from a Biblical Christian worldview. Moreover it allows all sorts of filthy words, vile and slanderous accusations, wild speculation, personal attacks -- apparently anything except Biblical Christianity is acceptable.
Amazing.
Again thanks for the support that you and many others here have given me.
mlsoft
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