Message from MLK...
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:39 pm
Bush and the rest of his misguided fundamentalist cronies need to read this shit...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the war in Vietnam, 1967:
I speak out against this war not in anger, but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as the moral example of the world. I speak out against this war because I am disappointed with America. There can be no great disappointment where there is no great love. I am disappointed with our failure to deal positively and forthrightly with the triple evils with racism, economic exploitation and militarism. We are presently moving down a dead end road that can lead to national disaster. America has strayed to the far country of racism and militarism. A home that all too many Americans left was solidly structured idealistically. Its pillars were soundly grounded in the insights of our Judeo-Christian heritage.
All men are made in the image of God, all men are brothers, and all men are created equal. Every man is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth. Every man has rights that are neither conferred by nor derived from the state, they are God given. Out of one blood, God made all men to dwell upon the face of the earth. What a marvelous foundation for any home. What a glorious and healthy place to inhabit. America strayed away. This unnatural excursion has brought only confusion and bewilderment, and left hearts aching with guilt, and minds distorted with irrationality. It is time for all people of conscience should call on America to come back home.
Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine messianic force to be...the policeman of the world. God has a way of standing before the nations with judgment, and it seems like I can hear God saying to America, "you [America] are too arrogant. If you don't change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power and...place it in the hands of a nation that does not even know my name. Be still and know, that I'm God.
And it isn't easy to stand up for truth and for justice. Sometimes it means being frustrated. When you tell the truth and take a stand, sometimes it means you walk the streets with a burdened heart. Sometimes it means losing a job, it means being abused, and scarred. It may mean having a 7-8 year old child ask, "Daddy why do yo have to go to jail so much?" I have... learned that being a follower of Jesus Christ means taking up the cross. My Bible tells me that Good Friday comes before Easter. For the crown we wear, there is a cross that we must bear. Let us bear it. Bear it for truth. Bear it for justice. Bear it for peace.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the war in Vietnam, 1967:
I speak out against this war not in anger, but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as the moral example of the world. I speak out against this war because I am disappointed with America. There can be no great disappointment where there is no great love. I am disappointed with our failure to deal positively and forthrightly with the triple evils with racism, economic exploitation and militarism. We are presently moving down a dead end road that can lead to national disaster. America has strayed to the far country of racism and militarism. A home that all too many Americans left was solidly structured idealistically. Its pillars were soundly grounded in the insights of our Judeo-Christian heritage.
All men are made in the image of God, all men are brothers, and all men are created equal. Every man is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth. Every man has rights that are neither conferred by nor derived from the state, they are God given. Out of one blood, God made all men to dwell upon the face of the earth. What a marvelous foundation for any home. What a glorious and healthy place to inhabit. America strayed away. This unnatural excursion has brought only confusion and bewilderment, and left hearts aching with guilt, and minds distorted with irrationality. It is time for all people of conscience should call on America to come back home.
Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine messianic force to be...the policeman of the world. God has a way of standing before the nations with judgment, and it seems like I can hear God saying to America, "you [America] are too arrogant. If you don't change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power and...place it in the hands of a nation that does not even know my name. Be still and know, that I'm God.
And it isn't easy to stand up for truth and for justice. Sometimes it means being frustrated. When you tell the truth and take a stand, sometimes it means you walk the streets with a burdened heart. Sometimes it means losing a job, it means being abused, and scarred. It may mean having a 7-8 year old child ask, "Daddy why do yo have to go to jail so much?" I have... learned that being a follower of Jesus Christ means taking up the cross. My Bible tells me that Good Friday comes before Easter. For the crown we wear, there is a cross that we must bear. Let us bear it. Bear it for truth. Bear it for justice. Bear it for peace.