And then I went out and looted a store.
Theology? Unitarian Universalist perhaps, but not founded on God’s right vs wrong.
Looks like she could change the world by skipping the snacks and filling food shelves.
I’ll gladly pitch in money for one way tickets.
She demonstrates the root of the problem. The black churches have abandoned the gospel for a man-centered, collectivist world view with a Christian veneer.
They want to ignore the connection between sowing and reaping.
So this theological student wants to vindicate the wicked thug by punishing the innocent man who was only defending himself? How I wish God would do something about people abusing His Word with sanctimonious tripe like this. /s
Interesting. I felt great joy and relief that we had dodged a bullet.
But to each his own.
NO! Don't fight the urge! Go for it! We'll even help with a one-way ticket!
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Ms. Lewis has dedicated her life to empowering women in places nearand far. “My story is every woman’s story,” she often says with apassionate smile. “Some of us wear our scars on the outside, some of uswear them on the inside... but we must all overcome our challenges andlay hold to the fullness of God’s purpose for us in this life.”
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Crystal St. Marie Lewis decides she cannot “agree to disagree” with her seminary classmates about same-sex relationships.
“Agreeing to disagree” is not the helpful or peaceful thing to do in a situation where oppression is the problem. The helpful and peaceful thing to do is to call oppression what it is: Bigotry. Socially violent. Absolutely and totally wrong. (Crystal St. Marie Lewis, January 17)
According to Social Justice and Derrick Bell's Critical Race Theory (Bell was Obama's hero at Harvard), a white man is not permitted to kill a black man EVEN in self defense. This is because the black man is at a historical and institution disadvantage of having to live in a society based on a foundation of white racism.
Under the theory of Social Justice, the death of Trayvon meant that someone white had to pay with their life.
The verdict, met with anger from politicians, pro-athletes, lawyers, and Liberals, was a blow to the head of Social Justice and Critical Race Theory.
She can escape any time she wants. There are several methods, from buying an airline ticket, to suicide.
My personal theology has changed in recent years. As I wrote in my personal creed, I no longer hold traditional views about the end times. I don’t look for Jesus to return to our stratosphere on a white horse, wielding a sword in his mouth and sporting a tattooed thigh. Despite the shift in my personal beliefs, I do understand the desire for judgment, escape and vindication.
When she writes that she "no longer hold(s) traditional views about the end times", I could predict where this was going - and I was right.
As I sat on the floor in front of the television set with my eyes closed, listening to the jurors’ individual affirmations of their “not guilty” votes, I wished with every fiber of my being for the intervention of some loophole in the legal system, of the judge on television…or even of God. I wished for an intervention that would right the wrongs of my society and the suffering experienced in the rest of the world.
When you declare that you don't trust God's judgment, the next step is to take matters into your own hands.
” I felt a renewed sense of loss for the Martin family”
Blah, Blah, Blah! I don’t. They raised him. They were his example. They were responsible his actions (minor).
What did they raise? A racist, gangsta wanna be, illiterate (in English), dope smoking, Drank drinkin, street fighting, burglarizing, pounding & grounding PUNK.
Do the parents share any responsibility here?
Trayvon got just what he deserved. He assaulted another person for no justified reason. Following someone is not illegal. It does not give you the right to batter someone.
The only crimes here were committed by Trayvon Martin. He brought his street fighting fists to a gun fight. He Lost!
Insensitive, you say? Yes, I’m sick of this politically correct fantasy world we are living in. Even Trayvon Martin understood in the end by uttering those famous last words “you got me”.
Georgia Baby killed
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/us/georgia-baby-killed
The reason? Part of it's due to politically correct censorship. The other part of it is that blacks killing whites (and other blacks) is basically the norm, while whites killing blacks under most circumstances is man-bites-dog.
Upon hearing the Zimmerman verdict I felt relieved, joyous, and proud that the jurors returned justice to the system. I also hoped it would serve to end the oppression of America by race hustlers, militants, and hate-filled attention seeking, leftist malcontents. Even though George isn’t white, the fact that rabble-rouseing politicians, media and community organizers chose to portray him as white, showed me that racism against whites is institutionalized and infectious, the kind of ignorance that excuses the violence blacks commit against innocent whites daily. The jury decision was like a salve over a wound militant blacks and white-guilt leftists have caused.
When I see white media and entertainment personalities berating Zimmerman, the jurors and unfair America, I hope they are the next victims of violent black gangs. Maybe if they have a healthy black teenager pounding on them, driving their head into pavement, they will quit blaming white America, and start telling black culture they need to clean up their militant act.
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I believe and pray, that when people are made to hear the facts, (and I intend to correct anyone repeating the lies), and see that a good man was used by democrats to whip up black voters to insure Obama's reelection, there will be an exodus from the democrat party. George's brother, Robert, said they had gotten support from the black community. Maybe when good blacks see how barry, sharpton, jackson... made fools of them, they'll turn their backs on the race baiting thugs.
She could carry her ass to Cuba. They are all equal there.
Move back to Africa.
You'll love it there... for the three minutes you survive.