The Pros And Cons Of Liberation Theology

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God and Money cannot be intertwined because when money is involved the human’s selfishness, greed, and power hunger takes over and causes people to forget about morals and beliefs that cause them to make decisions that only benefit them now, not the people of the future or the people that are less fortunate now in the present. “Jesus as Liberator” and “Kairos time” help us see the big mistake in mainstream Christianity. Columbus Christianity might as well be the total opposite of Liberation theology is, which means that mainstream Christianity is not doing the right things because it is only looking out for its people and that it. Kairos time shows how Liberation theology took the right moment by the hand, unlike mainstream Christianity, and …show more content…

This characterization of Jesus exemplifies the difference between mainstream Christianity and liberation theology because in mainstream Christianity, they see God or Jesus as more of a punisher of people that don’t believe in them and therefore makes the followers think it is okay to punish or control anyone who doesn’t believe exactly what they believe. Columbus Christians think they have the universal truth and this is dangerous. “The people in the world to fear the most are those who claim that they know exactly what they-and we-must do” (Brown, 58). It’s dangerous because they won’t change their unjust ways so easily and worst of all they will use their belief in God and Jesus as excuses for domination and greed. Christopher Columbus showed us he entered the New World not ready to live with the Native Americans, but ready to convert them into mainstream Christians and if they didn’t comply he would have them killed. He justified his actions by saying God wants this. He, just like all of mainstream Christianity, had it backwards because in liberation theology they look at Jesus and the actions he did while on earth and all of them were acts that showcased equality, selflessness, and socialism. Jesus did the exact opposite of what Columbus Christians did. These same Columbus Christians are the ones who justified actions of slavery and …show more content…

Kairos time is a moment in which and new possibilities for change arrive, so that people can change the thought that only one group has the right way of living and believing. In time of Kairos if people decide to change the long term injustice, things will have momentum and attention to happen and end the chain and start a new chain reaction that is better and more inclusive. Liberation Theology understands, accepts, and appreciates Kairos time, that’s how it broke free from the chains of mainstream Christianity. Bartolome de Las Casas is a great example of this because when he realized that the encomienda system was the opposite of what God wanted he took that enlightenment moment and gave up the encomienda system, but he didn’t stop there he also wanted to make sure the no other so called Christians could keep treating the American Indians poorly anymore, so he preached his new beliefs to them and went to Spain to get regulations that would stop cruelty towards the American Indian workers. Liberation theology took the chance that appeared and created a new way of believing and living. Kairos time therefore shows another difference between mainstream Christianity and liberation theology. Mainstream Christianity doesn’t take the chance to change it wants to stay the same because in mainstream Christianity the followers believe that they are above and changing what they believe in risks them having to be equal

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