God's keyboard

"The whole concept of imago dei - the image of God is the idea that all men have something within them that God injected. Not that they have substantial unity with God, but that every man has a capacity to have fellowship with God, and this gives him a uniqueness. It gives him worth. It gives him dignity. And we must never forget this as a nation. There are no gradations in the image of God. Every man from a treble white to a bass black is significant on God's keyboard. Precisely because every man and woman is made in the image of God. We must believe this, and we must live by it."

by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, sermon he preached in 1965

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Holidaze · 18-21, F

I agree with racial equality, but this sermon spreads falsity in so many ways. It makes him sound uneducated. Gredation isn't even a word. Gradation, yes.

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@Holidaze 'Gredation' is a typo not a Dr King error. Perhaps it uses presuppositions you disagree with in terms of his beliefs but he inspired millions and millions of people with what resonated with them as truth, whether christians, atheists, Jews, muslims; educated or otherwise. I struggle to understand why you think it makes him sound uneducated.

Holidaze · 18-21, F

@Abstraction A person knowing how to solve reality doesn't believe in God. I just find his speech intellectually lacking. He unwittingly harmed society as he tried to heal it. I'll shut up now.

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@Holidaze Intellectually lacking? Interesting because if you google, 'Greatest speeches of the twentieth century' most lists have Martin Luther King as #1. In the entire 20th century - many 'in human history'. Over and over and over, people rate him as #1, most inspiring speaker. Lists from universities, from academics, communicators, business people... So maybe you should consider giving him another listen.
"The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, is one of the finest pieces of oratory in human history. It blended masterful, rich language with the oratorical technique of repetition and it was utterly fearless." https://www.themanual.com/culture/famous-speeches-from-history/

https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/careers/blog/10-greatest-leadership-speeches-of-all-time

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