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Mim Eisenberg (NYer now in GA)'s avatar

One does not have to be a religious believer to believe in the power of hope and dreams. As I did back in the ‘60s, I still try to do my little part to bring his and our dreams to fruition as I am about to enter my 80th year.

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Bruce Culver's avatar

You want to know why millions of people, especially the young, have left the churches, compare what King describes in this lovely and impassioned sermon, and what all too many fundamentalist churches spew from the pulpit..... I have often said that the essence of Christianity is found in the Summary of the Law and the parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25, and this sermon makes that terribly clear. Way too many of the evangelical churches have truly lost their way, to root around in the muck of hate and fear - they are no longer Christians, but heretics.....and the youngsters know it and react by leaving in droves..... Martin Luther King Jr. was so much more than a couple of speeches.....

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