Here is what religious leaders have said about the class warfare propagated by Liberation Theology and the brutal violence condoned by some of its proponents:
QUOTE An analysis of the phenomenon of liberation theology reveals that it constitutes a fundamental threat to the faith of the Church. At the same time it must be borne in mind that no error could persist unless it contained a grain of truth. Indeed, an error is all the more dangerous, the greater that grain of truth is, for then the temptation it exerts is all the greater. Furthermore, the error concerned would not have been able to wrench that piece of the truth to its own use if that truth had been adequately lived and witnessed to in its proper place (in the faith of the Church). So, in denouncing error and pointing to dangers in liberation theology, we must always be ready to ask what truth is latent in the error and how it can be given its rightful place, how it can be released from error's monopoly. UNQUOTE ....Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Please see: http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/ratzinger/liberationtheol.htm QUOTE Thus, when the world begins to notice the clear failures of certain ideologies and systems, it seems all the more incomprehensible that certain sons of the Church in these lands-prompted at times by the desire to find quick solutions-persist in presenting as viable certain models whose failure is patent in other places in the world....... Be careful, then, not to accept nor allow a Vision of human life as conflict nor ideologies which propose class hatred and violence to be instilled in you; this includes those which try to hide under theological writings (cf. Libertatis Nuntius, XI). UNQUOTE ....Pope John Paul II Please see: http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2MX90C.HTM Cheers, Santosh --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Marshall Mendonza <mmendonz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Further you have clearly misunderstood what liberation > theology is all > about. I suggest you read the following report: > http://www.landreform.org/boff2.htm > > Liberation theologians agree with Marx's famous statement: > "Hitherto > philosophers have explained the world; our task is to > change it." They argue > that theologians are not meant to be theoreticians but > practitioners engaged > in the struggle to bring about society's transformation. In > order to do this > liberation theology employs a Marxist-style class analysis, > which divides > the culture between oppressors and oppressed. This > conflictual sociological > analysis is meant to identify the injustices and > exploitation within the > historical situation. Marxism and liberation theology > condemn religion for > supporting the status quo and legitimating the power of the > oppressor. But > unlike Marxism, liberation theology turns to the Christian > faith as a means > for bringing about liberation. Marx failed to see the > emotive, symbolic, and > sociological force the church could be in the struggle for > justice. > Liberation theologians claim that they are not departing > from the ancient > Christian tradition when they use Marxist thought as a tool > for social > analysis. They do not claim to use Marxism as a > philosophical world view or > a comprehensive plan for political action. Human liberation > may begin with > the economic infrastructure, but it does not end there. >
