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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Is it fair he is a great example of what it means to be a Christian?
MLK is a hero of mine and though not perfect, he seemed to have lived out the best of what it means to be a Christian. The prophets of the Old Testament(Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos) preached social justice for the marginalized and the oppressed with Isaiah saying "See that justice is done-help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights and defend widows"(Isaiah 1:17) and "loose the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice and set the captives free"(Isaiah 58:7). King lived that out in his campaign against racial segregation in the South.
Jesus preached peace and nonviolence in the Sermon on the Mount. King lived out Jesus's injunction to turn the other cheek in his civil rights campaigns in Selma, March on Washington and other places, as well as Jesus's teaching on peace when he harshly denounced the Vietnam War. You can even hear it in his sermons when he quotes Jesus and the Old Testament prophets.
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- harpertaraLv 74 years agoFavorite Answer
Reverend King is indeed a good example of modern, True Christianity and more people who claim to be Christian should look to his life as an example.
- Paul PrestonLv 74 years ago
So true, Rev. King was a remarkable man, an example for society, they thought that by murdering him they would be silencing his voice but they made him a hero, I wish there were more men like him.
- old dudeLv 64 years ago
I'd say he was one hell of an Inspiration (pun not intended) ............There haven't been many like him in this day and age and not likely to many like him , I'd say we were privileged to live in the same era that he changed so dramatically
R.I.P martin you done well
- Anonymous4 years ago
Yeah, I'd say him and Mother Teresa, even people of other religions like Ghandi, it's all about doing unto others as you would have them do unto you, forgiveness, love, fighting for the oppressed, Jesus gave his life, and so did this man, fighting for the underdog.
- Anonymous4 years ago
The heretic M.L.K. denied the deity of Christ, openly.