Pastor Danny Pankey from Ruddle Road Church of God has been visiting BHS the last 2 weeks, talking with various classes about Martin Luther King, Jr. and nonviolence. I had the privilege of hosting the Pastor in my afternoon classes today where he stressed the importance of nonviolence. Some excerpts from today's talk include:
~"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~"Nobody wins a fight. The person who beats someone down doesn't win. The person who gets beat down doesn't win." ~"Hatred causes violence. Every murder starts with hatred. Violence always escalates. Fists turn to knives. Knives turn to guns. Guns turn to death. Choose love, not hate." He also informed the students about MLK's 6 principles of nonviolence. 1. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. 2. Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding. 3. Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people. 4. Nonviolence holds that voluntary suffering can educate andtransform. 5. Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate. 6. Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.
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