Beautiful, Ferd. Thanks for sharing. I got tears in my eyes when I read, "At the end of his life, his caretaker was an elderly African American gentleman it was a fitting end I suppose."
Same was true of George Wallace. I read where he went to a black church, somewhere in Alabama, and wept as he asked them for forgiveness.
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Same was true of George Wallace. I read where he went to a black church, somewhere in Alabama, and wept as he asked them for forgiveness.
Last time I checked, racists dont mind minorities so long as there're in a subservient position. No where did I read him asking the families members of the ones he lynched for forgiveness. :
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Last time I checked, racists dont mind minorities so long as there're in a subservient position. No where did I read him asking the families members of the ones he lynched for forgiveness. :
Wow, you're just a ray of sunshine.
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13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. 14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. Galatians 5:13-15 (NIV)
Last time I checked, racists dont mind minorities so long as there're in a subservient position. No where did I read him asking the families members of the ones he lynched for forgiveness. :
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13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. 14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. Galatians 5:13-15 (NIV)
I really dont know what you are attempting to say here.
I have no appologies for my granfather. Truth be known, I am one of his decendants who even now wonder at a God willing to forgive one who had done so much. Who's very legacy even now after having been dead for nearly 40 years is at best mixed.
To be sure, my grandfathers sins were not limited to his treatment of others not of his race, i just chose this to illistrate the nature of a man who at an old age, took stock of his life and truely sought to change, and that change while still not fully accepted by those he did such wrong to, seems to have been accpeted by God.
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I really dont know what you are attempting to say here.
I have no appologies for my granfather. Truth be known, I am one of his decendants who even now wonder at a God willing to forgive one who had done so much. Who's very legacy even now after having been dead for nearly 40 years is at best mixed.
To be sure, my grandfathers sins were not limited to his treatment of others not of his race, i just chose this to illistrate the nature of a man who at an old age, took stock of his life and truely sought to change, and that change while still not fully accepted by those he did such wrong to, seems to have been accpeted by God.
I would just ignore the human black cloud, Ferd......
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I really dont know what you are attempting to say here.
I have no appologies for my granfather. Truth be known, I am one of his decendants who even now wonder at a God willing to forgive one who had done so much. Who's very legacy even now after having been dead for nearly 40 years is at best mixed.
To be sure, my grandfathers sins were not limited to his treatment of others not of his race, i just chose this to illistrate the nature of a man who at an old age, took stock of his life and truely sought to change, and that change while still not fully accepted by those he did such wrong to, seems to have been accpeted by God.
Truthfully, you might as well tell us a story of a pedophile who hurt children for most of their life only to show an amazing tranformation by nicely patting a child on the head and giving them candy. It would just as comforting and uplifting.
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Delusional.
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