We have whole generations of Americans who’ve been deeply and prolonged-ly conditioned to carry a personal sense of “guilt” for every wrong thing that has happened historically or is currently happening on the planet.
And other whole generations of people who have and are being daily conditioned by so called “moralists” (e.g. JWright & Pfleger) that they are victims who ought to go through life with a permanent sense of aggrievement.
I’m here to tell you that neither position is healthy. Neither guilt nor aggrievement should be a perpetual state of mind.
Assisting the black community (or any community) is one thing. Constantly reminding people of how they’ve been wronged (historically or in real time) is another thing. Individuals like JWright and Jesse Jackson (to a lesser extent Pfleger) have grown prominent (even quite wealthy, in some cases) pumping the theme of perpetual victim-hood.
This is not a positive message for the human psyche, no matter what cheering and hallelujahs might go on within the walls of Trinity Church itself.
The real message of Trinity, however, is that black people are a people special and apart. A lesser known aspect of Black Liberation Theology (James Cone) is that any Jesus not black-skinned cannot be the authentic son of God. I guess the Catholic Pfleger gives that teaching a pass.
All perfectly ridiculous and a separatist message that is also the core of the rantings of Louis Farrakhan.
