Does the Obamessiah Have Competition?
For those of you who know people who can’t stop caterwauling about the looming Theocracy in America, please introduce them to what I like to call The First Church of Chavez (via protein wisdom). It’s his church, bankrolled with his stolen oil money and purposed to condemn liberty and capitalism at every turn. Lest you think I’m being hyperbolic, the church’s mission statement makes no bones about why it’s there.
According to its leaders, the reformist church seeks to establish an institution that is “inclusive, participatory and with a strong Bolivarian spirit that recognizes Jesus Christ as the Lord of History. He is present in the revolutionary process that is occurring in Venezuela.”
A former Roman Catholic priest, Jon Jen Siu Garcia, was elected coadjutor, and noted to the Venezuelan press that his mission is to “liberate people from capitalist values.”
”We are learning to see the lower classes like Hugo Chávez, who has cared to attend to their necessities,” said Leonardo Marin Saavedra, bishop of the Anglican Latin American Church. A resident of Canada, he was invited to Venezuela especially to attend the upcoming ceremonies. “We are struggling against exploitation and the empire of the United States.”
Sounds like a place where Barack Obama’s former ministers and spiritual mentors, not to mention a good chunk of the Democratic party would feel very welcome indeed. It’s the same message folks like Jeremiah Wright and Michael Pfleger have been preaching for decades. To Obama’s credit, he’s never actually formed a church around him. Officially. Yet.
I’d expect to hear very soon that other churches will not find themselves very welcome in Venezuela. I don’t expect to hear much criticism at all from the progressives about one of their most favorite tyrants, either.
(cross-posted at Poli Gazette)
Other Posts of Interest:
- I’m Tired of Jeremiah Wright
- Clinton Puts her Campaign on Ice, Cuddles Up to the Warm Glow of the Obamessiah
- Obama Went to Trinity for the Politics. Michelle Went there for the Hate
Category: Gimme that Old Time Religion, No More Tyrants, The Obamessiah
My understanding is that Black Liberation Theology as established by Cone and preached by Wright is derived from Central American Socialism/communism. Don't know this for a fact, but if it's true, you're right on the button.