I'm pretty sure I never heard anything like that before ..I offered to throw something at the preacher if he said retarded s**t like that just the other day ..He said "I'd hope you would " I blame people sitting in the pews for listening to more than 11 seconds of such stupidity .Knowing scripture is ammo against such spiritual larceny .
You get up and leave
shake the dust off your feet is the appropriate quote here ...
I was born in 1951, I have heard a lot of Baptist. Methodist and lots of other Protestant Preachers use Scripture to justify keeping the Niggers down. How else do you think that they did it?
I just said I never saw it . Does that mean I think you're a liar ?
Blacks preaching a social gospel with a black agenda or whites getting geared up for the weekly lynching have nothing to do with the gospel .I agree with you that there are too many churches that have nothing to do with christ .and those who are teachers and teach false doctrine will bear a bigger share of guilt .
I wouldn't spend 10 seconds in a church like that.
the rest of the quote is ......
So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
" I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. -Confucius
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. -Thomas Jefferson
Yes, No and Because I have not read Confucius. Although I am somewhat familiar with Confucianism and its important influences on a great many things. For example what we call "western values" and democracy are partly descended from and influenced by Confucian concepts and ideas.
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo (Everyone needs an EDC light.)
We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light. ~Earl Nightingale (First decide if you want a Clickie or a Twistie.)
It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out. ~Calvin (There's nothing worse than getting a new light but being unable to try it out.)
In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. ~Aaron Rose (Have you considered modding it?)
We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light. ~Evelyn Dunbar (And so say all of us....)