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In reply to the discussion: the end of life is not to be happy nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain but to do the will of God [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)19. Quite the contrary.
MLK framed the movement in religion but many who joined the movement were of diverse religious beliefs.
I do believe that his title of reverend gave him a veneer of credibility. From my perspective as an atheist it is sad that his message needed that veneer. This is something non-believers have been fighting for some time, that one has to be religious to be good. Or that non-believers are somehow bad.
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arely staircase
Jan 2014
OP
correct. even an orthodox jew in Israel could not follow it to the letter. nt
arely staircase
Jan 2014
#45
Myself, I'm more beholden to the will of Starquin, the Five-In-One. He comes first!
randome
Jan 2014
#30
I disagree but if that is what Dr. King needed to motivate him to do what he did then we are all
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#31
even he? I'm not sure I have heard MLKs part in the civil rights movement described that way.
arely staircase
Jan 2014
#43