Posted on 05/06/2008 1:18:42 PM PDT by The_Republican
Jeremiah, you're no Jeremiah. Although Barack Obama's controversial former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright puts himself at the center of a prophetic tradition of the Afro-American church, he's not much of a prophet. The prophet in the Biblical mode often tells his people what they don't want to hear. Wright only mimics the prophet in his fiery condemnations of America. When it comes to the feelings of those who employ him, he's strictly on tiptoe.
Around the time Wright was fluffing his feathers before the national media, a genuine prophet appeared in Newark, N.J., to deliver a tough look-in-the-mirror message to fellow African-Americans. The visionary was entertainer Bill Cosby, and his theme encapsulated in the title of a book he wrote with Harvard professor of psychiatry Alvin Poussaint: "Come on, People! On the Path From Victims to Victors."
For his candor, Cosby has been tarred by black and white intellectuals as "blaming the victim." He's been accused of worse things, but that's the lot of the prophet. "A prophet is despised in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kin," Jesus says in the Book of Mark.
The biblical Jeremiah launched invective against priests, kings and, above all, his neighbors. In highly unflattering terms, he tells the Israelites that their own iniquity would bring about their downfall. Purporting to convey the words of God, he says, "Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by My name, and say we are delivered to do all these abominations?" (Jeremiah, 7:9.)
The public did not respond warmly to this negative commentary.
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When you blame others, you surrender to helplessness and lose the power to control your own destiny. The Cos tells the unpopular truth.
Jeremiah Wright is a very specific kind of prophet.
He’s a false prophet sent to tickle itching ears.
From what you have posted, this article really seems to hit the nail on the head. A prophet’s primary mission was to confront his people about their sin. True, prophets also preached against the enemies of Israel from time to time. However, I am pretty sure that virtually all of the prophets spent more or equal time prophecying against their own people for their sins. Also, most of the prophets ended up martyred - not living high on the hog in a gated neighborhood.
Wright is a huckster and a fake. He appeals to people who want to see how much he can get away with.
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