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Old 05-19-2013, 02:55 PM
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50 Years Ago Today

Reverend King penned his letter from a Birmingham jail.
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Old 05-19-2013, 03:08 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_...irmingham_Jail

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Old 05-19-2013, 03:19 PM
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Back in 1982 at Kent State I had this old liberal (and ex-Marine) American history professor who said that the greatest two Americans came from the South. One was George Washington. The other was Martin Luther King.

Think about it...
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Old 05-20-2013, 10:24 AM
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He's a great writer/speaker for sure.

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Old 05-20-2013, 10:42 AM
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He's a great writer/speaker for sure.

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Damning with faint praise?

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Old 05-20-2013, 11:31 AM
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No D, I was serious. I had just read that letter.

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Old 05-20-2013, 05:27 PM
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Amazing things can happen when someone uses the Bible rather than scrutinize and question it.
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Old 05-20-2013, 05:39 PM
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Seeing as how the bible has been edited and rewritten so many times by men I would think it prudent to scrutinize and question the good book. Just my opinion, YMMV.
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Old 05-20-2013, 05:41 PM
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Amazing things can happen when someone uses the Bible rather than scrutinize and question it.
Ain't that the truth.
People use the bible to justify their wrong doing all the time and I think it's pretty amazing that others fall for that old trick.
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Old 05-20-2013, 06:26 PM
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Seeing as how the bible has been edited and rewritten so many times by men I would think it prudent to scrutinize and question the good book. Just my opinion, YMMV.
And all his time I thought that Jesus wrote the New Testament while riding his t-rex on the many trips he made to Nazereth to visit mom and dad.
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