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Svetradugi [14.3K]
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Write the meaning for this quote? “The white men who lynch Negroes worship Christ. That jury in Mississippi, which a few days ag

o in the Emmett Till case, freed two white men from what might be considered one of the most brutal and inhuman crimes of the twentieth century, worships Christ. The perpetrators of many of the greatest evils in our society worship Christ. This trouble is that all people, like the Pharisee, go to church regularly, they pay their tithes and offerings, and observe religiously the various ceremonial requirements. The trouble with these people, however, is that they worship Christ emotionally and not morally. They cast his ethical and moral insights behind the gushing smoke of emotional adoration and ceremonial piety,” Dr. King
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SCORPION-xisa [38]2 years ago
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Several meanings could be agvined to this. On face value, Dr. King is saying that the men who lynched Emmett Till were morally bankrupt but hid behind Christianity and rationalized their actions for murdering Emmett for allegedly flirting with a married white woman.

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