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	<title>Comments on: Comments on Obama and Wright</title>
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		<title>By: Daja</title>
		<link>http://gatheringinlight.com/2008/03/30/comments-on-obama-and-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-70197</link>
		<dc:creator>Daja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Emperor has NO CLOTHES!</description>
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		<title>By: C. Wess Daniels</title>
		<link>http://gatheringinlight.com/2008/03/30/comments-on-obama-and-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-70193</link>
		<dc:creator>C. Wess Daniels</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Patrick - Thanks for the comment here. I agree that Jesus is the example for our response to everyone, whether they are &#039;victims&#039; or not. It might even be said that by love and caring for the &#039;victims&#039; Jesus reversed their status, and gave them dignity, which also then leaves no room for anyone to claim &#039;the status of victim&#039; any longer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Patrick &#8211; Thanks for the comment here. I agree that Jesus is the example for our response to everyone, whether they are &#8216;victims&#8217; or not. It might even be said that by love and caring for the &#8216;victims&#8217; Jesus reversed their status, and gave them dignity, which also then leaves no room for anyone to claim &#8216;the status of victim&#8217; any longer.</p>
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		<title>By: C. Wess Daniels</title>
		<link>http://gatheringinlight.com/2008/03/30/comments-on-obama-and-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-70178</link>
		<dc:creator>C. Wess Daniels</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ariah - where can I find Wright&#039;s speech?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ariah &#8211; where can I find Wright&#8217;s speech?</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick</title>
		<link>http://gatheringinlight.com/2008/03/30/comments-on-obama-and-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-70177</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Jews of Jesus&#039; time were certainly among the exploited.  They were an unwilling state under Rome, and constantly grated under Roman oppression.  But, Jesus played a very good game.   He was a friend of the victim, to be sure, but he never went on the attack against Rome.  

In fact, the only people he did attack were religious leaders, whose words turned people away from God and towards a false form of religion.  

Yes, theology has been eurocentric, which is bad for everyone, including theology. Which makes liberation theologies of all kind very understandable as a correction.  But, in this correction its easy to go too far, and go beyond the correction into the same kinds of errors that those Europeans made. The victims become the victimizers, if not in action than in rhetoric, and in doing that they remove themselves from real Christianity.  

And they don&#039;t bring any peace or any healing and deny Jesus&#039; call to love our neighbors.   

The anger is understandable given the history, but the teaching of Jesus pushes us not to indulge the anger or even attack the victimizer, but to exemplify peace and hope and love.  And the community suffers for it, because indulging anger and frustration tickles the ears, but brings no real healing or reconciliation.  At the same time it loses its prophetic ability to speak into the distortions of historical theology.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Jews of Jesus&#8217; time were certainly among the exploited.  They were an unwilling state under Rome, and constantly grated under Roman oppression.  But, Jesus played a very good game.   He was a friend of the victim, to be sure, but he never went on the attack against Rome.  </p>
<p>In fact, the only people he did attack were religious leaders, whose words turned people away from God and towards a false form of religion.  </p>
<p>Yes, theology has been eurocentric, which is bad for everyone, including theology. Which makes liberation theologies of all kind very understandable as a correction.  But, in this correction its easy to go too far, and go beyond the correction into the same kinds of errors that those Europeans made. The victims become the victimizers, if not in action than in rhetoric, and in doing that they remove themselves from real Christianity.  </p>
<p>And they don&#8217;t bring any peace or any healing and deny Jesus&#8217; call to love our neighbors.   </p>
<p>The anger is understandable given the history, but the teaching of Jesus pushes us not to indulge the anger or even attack the victimizer, but to exemplify peace and hope and love.  And the community suffers for it, because indulging anger and frustration tickles the ears, but brings no real healing or reconciliation.  At the same time it loses its prophetic ability to speak into the distortions of historical theology.</p>
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		<title>By: Ariah Fine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ariah Fine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Listening to Wright&#039;s sermon in context is a beautiful statement enough</description>
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