USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Today's Quote

Forwarded as received this evening when I returned from  the Marvel Movie " Black Panther" ; " I had to update the meme about religions, now it's about ideologies " (Nathan Hamelberg) :

On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 01:08:26 UTC+1, Cornelius Hamelberg wrote:

Dear Chidi,

You know this poem : Lord don't move that mountain, just give me the strength to climb ?

This is as good as it gets and it's almost as if you could read my mind just fifteen minutes ago , chatting with my late brother's Better Half Debra : I had posted this and I think that she has had some experience of the Witnesses knock-knocking on her door , but exactly as I told her, sure, the Witnesses may come knock-knock-knocking on your door, but to be fair to them, ( just like some wannabe presidents of Sierra Leone, just before the election on March 7^th this year) they don't talk so much about the hell fire that could be the punishment for pernicious corruption ; they talk more about the new heaven, the new garden of Eden on the new earth, a time when the lion and the lamb will be frolicking together in loving peace and harmony in the meadows...

I must confess that the Islamists are less passive and more practical : If shit happens, take a hostage...

Malcolm X : "There is nothing in our book, the Qur'an, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone lays a hand on you, send him to the cemetery. That's a good religion."

It's funny how your memory can sometimes play tricks on you ; could it be in the service of enlightened self-interest? Somehow I used to remember that quote as going, " Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone lays a hand on your woman , send him to the cemetery. It's a good religion!"

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