At 07:48 PM 2/8/2009, you wrote:
Liberation theology refers to the Catholic priests and nuns who
worked to protect the local people against the dictators who
controlled the governments, mostly in Latin America. It has nothing
to do with celebrities. Viet Cong weren't liberal. They were
nationalists, fighting to remove the colonial influences from their
country. Sandinistas are also nationalists, with goals more along the
line of freeing the country from a series of brutal dictators that
the US installed every time the Nicaraguan people voted for someone they liked.
Not just Catholic. There were a number of mainline Protestants
denominations that bought into it.
Communism in its ideal form might appear liberal, but it has never
been anything but a label used by dictators to pacify the rabble
while enslaving them. I have a family full of refugees from a
variety of Latin American countries who would never say that any of
those brutal governments have ever been liberal. You have confused
the labels with the realities.
It's like putting a picture of someone else on your Facebook page
and saying that it's you, only with deadly consequences.
We have never seen pure communism. Marxist theory which Communism is
based upon, wipes out all distinctions of class and position.
Non of the political systems that call them selves communistic
achieved this, as they kept class distinction between ruling
class=privilege and working class=non privilege. It has also wrecked
havoc on environmental issues and technology.
Socialism on the other hand is not always communistic. It tries to
level the playing field to the point where most everyone has a
chance. Again not always successfully achieved because of mans
desire to always have more and especially more than his neighbor.
Stewart
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[email protected]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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