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Christopher Hitchens (left) questioned whether Rev. Martin Luther King (right) was a Christian.

Did MLK ever preach the real Gospel? All of his so-called sermons that I recall were centered upon the false doctrine of "social justice", a communist orthodoxy, contrary to the Word of God. Even during his last days on earth, King was marching on behalf of a leftist government union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. There was little, if any, of Christ's teachings in the words MLK spoke from the pulpit.

[newheart]

There was little, if any, of Christ's teachings in the words MLK spoke from the pulpit.

Just curious: How many of King's sermons/speeches have you heard?

[boop]

Ironically in God Is Not Great Hitchens greatly PRAISES MLK as a true "man of God, if God existed". It's almost comical how he bashes everyone "religious", except MLK who was a "saint".

FWIW, MLK is about 1000X more tolerable than modern black leaders like Sharpton and Jackson.

[zencycler]

There was little, if any, of Christ's teachings in the words MLK spoke from the pulpit

Christ instructed his followers to "take up their cross and follow me". Based on these instructions, Christ clearly didn't want his followers dwelling on worshiping him and/or endlessly repeating his words and/or re-telling the story of his cross, rather than focusing on their own service - their own cross - to address the needs of their time.

His instructions to his followers - to "take of their cross" - means finding a good and noble purpose for their lives in the service of others, even if it ultimately means they need to pay the ultimate sacrifice. And clearly, that is what MLK did.