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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)22. I have no problem with that.
As an atheist, I acknowledge religion (like many cultural things) to be both a good and a bad influence. MLK was an example of the good side. But the movement of racial equality was secular. To portray it anyway else is to do a disservice to what MLK achieved.
Note that I am not discounting that he wrapped his rhetoric in religion. Indeed, that may have given him what could be called power. I have no problem with that.
But I would not want racial equality to be framed as a strictly religious issue. It is not. That's my point.
Best regards.
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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