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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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89 years ago today, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. was born. 55 years ago, he gave his famous I Have a Dream  speech. Doctor King's beliefs on race not only stemmed from the oppression African Americans face but also Biblical beliefs. From a purely human point of view, it should be clear that people of all races should be treated as equals. Looking from a Biblical point of view like Doctor King did, it becomes even more clear. Anyone that uses the Bible to back racism is going against God's will and nature, and is in sin. Romans 2:11 (KJV) states "For there is no respect of persons with God." God does value one over another. I am not more valuable to God than any of His other children. Galatians 3:28 (KJV) shows us that in the Gospel, to God we are all the same. He loves equally. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." As if that wasn't