Theos-Talk Archives (August 2002 Message tt00087)

Hi all of you,

Let us not be afraid. Let us dare go where no-one has gone before !

Clashes ?

Try my favorite quote á la Martin Luther King Jr. :

"I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think thisis at the very center of Jesus' thinking, is this: that hate for hate onlyintensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe. If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on, you see, that goes on ad infinitum. It just never ends. Somewhere somebody must have alittle sense, and that's the strong person. The strong person is the person who can cut off the chain of hate, the chain of evil. And that is the tragedy of hate, that it doesn't cut it off. It only intensifies the existenceof hate and evil in the universe. Somebody must have religion enough and morality enough to cut it off, and inject within the very structure of the universe that strong and powerful element of love." 

Excerpted from "Loving Your Enemies", a sermon delivered on 17 November 1957 at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. (full text) 


Another one of his is this:

"Now let me suggest first that if we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather that sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. No individual can live alone; no nation can live alone, and as long as we try, the more we are going to have war in this world. Now the judgement of God is upon us, and we must either learn to live together as brothers or we are all going to perish together as fools." 

Excerpted from "A Christmas Sermon on Peace", delivered on 24 December 1967at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga


I am no priest, but I like the above, and I think that there is a very important core of truth in the words made by King.
The present situation on the Planet makes me think, that a number of leaders or so-called leaders are not (properly) adressing these above issues --- at all !
That is certainly troublesome.


from
Sufilight with the heart clashing in the cosmic consciousness...>:-)





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Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 7:39 AM
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> Or is harmony between the races and nations possible?
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> I ain't holding my breath.
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> Chuck
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