Pledge of Nonviolence
April 23, 2010 – 5:16 ET
Below is the Pledge of Nonviolence that Martin Luther King, Jr. asked those who believed in his message to abide by as well as his core principles of nonviolence.
I am going to ask you to make the same commitment to nonviolence and give you the opportunity to make that pledge public by having you ‘sign’ these documents below.
-glenn
Pledge of Nonviolence
1. As you prepare to march meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus
2. Remember the nonviolent movement seeks justice and reconciliation – not victory.
3. Walk and talk in the manner of love; for God is love.
4. Pray daily to be used by God that all men and women might be free.
5. Sacrifice personal wishes that all might be free.
6. Observe with friend and foes the ordinary rules of courtesy.
7. Perform regular service for others and the world.
8. Refrain from violence of fist, tongue and heart.
9. Strive to be in good spiritual and bodily health.
10. Follow the directions of the movement leaders and of the captains on demonstrations.
The Five Principles of Nonviolence
1. Non-violent resistance is not a method for cowards. It does resist. The nonviolent resister is just as strongly opposed to the evil against which he protests, as is the person who uses violence. His method is passive or nonaggressive in the sense that he is not physically aggressive toward his opponent, but his mind and emotions are always active, constantly seeking to persuade the opponent that he is mistaken. This method is passive physically but strongly active spiritually; it is nonaggressive physically but dynamically aggressive spiritually.
2. Nonviolent resistance does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding. The nonviolent resister must often express his protest through noncooperation but he realizes that noncooperation is not the ends itself; it is merely means to awaken a sense of moral shame in the opponent.
3. The attack is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who are caught in those forces. It is a struggle between justice and injustice, between the forces of light and the forces of darkness.
4. Nonviolent resistance avoids not only external physical violence, but also internal violence of spirit. At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
5. Nonviolence is based on the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice. It is the deep faith in the future that allows a nonviolent resister to accept suffering without retaliation. The nonviolent resister knows that in his struggle for justice, he has a cosmic companionship.
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Glenn Beck’s Nonviolence Pledge
Do Republicans have a bigger problem than the Tea Party?
By Tony from Tony’s Rants
As much as the old guard in the GOP would like to dismiss it, the Tea Party movement is real and is gaining strength. These conservative voters have shown that they aren’t beholden to the Republican Party and won’t back down ‘for the greater good’ as many think they should. The Republicans are quickly coming to a realization that they must tread carefully or they risk drawing the fire of a growing voice in the nation and in Colorado.
Read Entire Article at tonysrants.com
Che, Mao and Stalin Oh My!
I just watched Glenn Beck’s special documentary “Live Free or Die” that aired January 23, 2010, about communism, socialism and totalitarianism…. what evil… It’s sad how our culture has lifted the likes of Marx, Mao, Stalin and Che Guevara to the ranks of cult heroes. These dictators were truly murderous and evil. I even “googled” the
se three men, and their Wiki pages don’t list any of their atrocities. In fact, on Mao Zedong’s page lists him as Controversial. He’s possibly the worst of the group killing an estimated 70 million people. Wikipedia never mentions him as a dictator or murder; no they call him a “philosopher” and a “poet” and “visionary.” In fact the word dictator only appears once on his Wiki page as, “Some historians claim that Mao Zedong was a dictator…”
Wait… Some… SOME??? What the hell is going on here?
Che is fashionable, with his face plastered on any famous person’s shirt, jewelry or bikini bottoms. Where did our culture go wrong in thinking it’s not only ok to promote a mass murder that hated black people, not only ok though but to lift him up as a great man. I’m just getting into the real history of these people, that I never learned about in my history classes throughout me school career. But I’m terrified at the fact that I was so poorly educated about these evil, I mean seriously evil men.
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