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Originally Posted by redeemedcynic84
you really think something as hardcoded into our nature as dislike of that which isn't like us is going to go away because some preachers pound the pulpit over it??? Dream on, brother...
Why do you think the class of 25 kindergarteners make fun of the one kid with glasses or the one kid who's overweight or the one kid who does anything else different from the majority??? Because people are naturally prejudiced against anything that is different than they are, whether the difference be race, gender, class, sexual orientation, or anything else you could possibly come up with.... Its what people do, its how we work, its hardwired in our DNA and in our nature...
It will never go away...
What needs to happen is it needs to be minimalized to the point that extreme acts of racism such as this don't happen... You stop the dislike of others (for whatever reason) at lame kindergarden teasing, so it dosn't turn into hanging nooses from oak trees and prosecuting the black kids but not the white ones or beating some gay kid up and tying him to a fence and leaving him to die...
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My friend you obviously missed the heart of what I said. Preachers pounding the pulpit does very little, however, leadership that is visible and on purpose does a whole lot. A preacher can preach acceptance and diversity all he wants to, but until he lives it, it will produce very little change.
Secondly with your statement you are denying the transforming power of the Holy Ghost. When a person is filled with the Holy Ghost it will create a willingness in them to change when confronted with an issue. Peter was still a racist after having been filled with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, however, it was that Holy Ghost that gave hime the power to change when confronted by God.
If an individual has recieved the Holy Ghost and attends a racist mentality church, he/she will still embrace that thinking until it is comfronted.