Posted on 01/14/2007 10:22:43 PM PST by goldstategop
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
When my young son learned about King, he was in awe that such a man could live. It is encouraging to see a spark of interest in the youth... when they begin to see what they can contribute to the world.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Here is a favorite quote from a sermon by MLK:
"I would urge you to give priority to the search for God. Allow his Spirit to permeate your being. To meet the difficulties and challenges of life you will need him. Before the ship of your life reaches its last harbor, there will be long, drawn-out storms, howling and jostling winds, and temptations seas that make the heart stand still. If you do not have a deep and patient faith in God, you will be powerless to face the delays, disappointments, and vicissitudes that inevitably come. Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrises into darkest nights. Without him, life is a meaningless drama in which the decisive scenes are missing. But with him, we are able to rise from tension-packed valleys to the sublime heights of inner peace, and find radiant stars of hope against the nocturnal bosom of life's most depressing nights. "Thou hast created us for thyself, and our heart cannot be quieted till it find repose in thee".
Strength to Love, by Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I'd rather have a single 'flawed' person who actually takes a stand than a million 'perfectos' sipping coffee and moaning about the state of affairs in the morning paper.
This is your MOMENT!
MLK was a serial plagiarist and a serial womanizer, and those are proven facts which the Liberal Media has conspired to quash - UNSUCCESSFULLY!
When we play this cheap game, we are condoning the actions of the BJ Clintons and Joe Bidens of the world.
Giving the memory of this man a national holiday is an abomination.
Appeasing the race pimps with MLK Jr. Day will not ever make them vote Republican, or become Conservative.
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Looking at Dr. King requires more than the media image of a martyr and his early days.
His last years were controversial. In 1966 his protests against housing discrimination in Chicago meant nothing to the masses of people who were content to be part of Mayor Daley's machine system. Daley and blacks loyal to him made King look like a lonely radical fool. His protests only led to Mayor Daley adjusting housing policies a little and King got no following because Daley out maneuvered him.
The opposition to the Vietnam War made King no friends at the White House and among President Lyndon Johnson's buddies on Capitol Hill who were fiercely attacking King over his anti-war position.
Among the critics and I've seen newsfilm of it was none other than Senator Robert "Sheets" Byrd.
Dr. King's life and times are a more complex story than godlike status and martyrdom that make him part of a liberal-pagan trinity (RFK, JFK, MLK).
Jesse Helms never supported this holiday and the King FBI files are locked up until at least 2027.
The sex life of Thomas Jefferson was recently brought out into the open but how long will it take for a similar exposing of Dr. King's background to come out.
In the 1980's his former close associate Dr. Ralph Abernathy came out with a book saying that
Dr. King "was less than a saint." The book was denounced by the King family and Jesse Jackson.
It was then ignored by the mainstream media after the denunciations were put out.
As I said before, I would rather one tainted person doing something than a million 'perfectos' shaking their heads solemnly about how things are. Many people who do good are normally people with deep personal flaws, yet for all their drawbacks they do more good than ill (for instance take Moses ....one could say the guy was a murderer and had severe leadership issues. Or take David .....he had serious flaws, extending to even killing a man just to sleep with his wife. Yet God called him beloved). Or looking at more modern people take Mother Teressa - I've read some nasty things about her (I'm certain false), yet her accusers have never spent a night in Calcutta (Kolkata) helping the needy.
BTW ....nothing about MLK condones Bl@wJ@b Clinton. The most he did was weaken the US, threaten the globe, and make some intern pretend a certain body part was a cigar. Yes, BJ Clinton has the flaws ......but he lacks any good aspects (unless being slippery counts, in which case he is tops).
Anyways .....there were many 'perfect' people who did nothing, and many 'flawed' people who gave up careers, relationships and lives (with most of these people remaining nameless).
I know which group I'd rather have in my corner.
Well said.
My son was called a racist at school for saying as much. I have a dream that one day my son can speak the truth without fear of character assasination.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
It's a great concept if you believe the content should be moral.
Appreciating that MLK stood for some positive things means we will have a RMN or RWR or GWB national holiday.
No?
I thought so.
The Libs created this most political of days and well-meaning Conservatives let it happen unopposed.
Pussies.
Thanks! That's just what I NEEDED to read today. God was working through you to get to me today. :)
Welcome to the world of Libs.
"Anyways .....there were many 'perfect' people who did nothing, and many 'flawed' people who gave up careers, relationships and lives (with most of these people remaining nameless).
I know which group I'd rather have in my corner."
Why not be in the corner of those who are moral and give all? Few that they are they do exist.
"Welcome to the world of Libs."
They're edging us out in the morals area not the other way around. Each year morals are slipping in favor of immorality on both sides.
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