What one word meaning in ancient wisdom proverbs might propel the movement in far greater participation and understanding?
The Chicago Tribune article titled: Slogan or Agenda? The Blurry Meaning of ‘Black Lives Matter’ gave the writers opinion of how or why the meaning is being interpreted by all parties ‘of or for’ the movement.
The Purpose of This Post
Is to relate ancient proverbs to the conundrum word that in my opinion was added to the Slogan and Agenda would propel the movement in the right direction to achieve greater understanding, participation, and agreement to join in the movement.
King Solomon
Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness. Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes (Proverb 25:4-6)
What’s My Point?
The article includes statements made by a spokesman that are contrary to the one word of the conundrum.
My point is if the one word was added in the slogan and agenda it would remove the blurriness along with the opposition and even combativeness instead of participation of agreement to propel the movement.
In My Opinion
When we exalt ourselves and attempt to force an agenda that is absent this one word, over time the movement will fail because of the missing word.
In the ancient proverbs, it advises that one should not seat themselves at a banquet of the King. Instead the King will make his choice of a person to honor him or her to sit in his presence instead of forcing himself or predisposing to exalt that he or she is worthy to sit next to the King, which would be to achieve the greatest of honors in the presence of his peers.
This analogy is not to imply that Whites are superior to Blacks. The King is intended to convey what is necessary in life for everyone to obtain honor in life in the eyes of the kings and peers will recognize, e as being worthy regardless of the color of skin they are born with.
A clue to the word is contained in the speech of Martin Luther King Jr. speech statement about his dream.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
In other words, the BLM must remove the dross in their movement to create the silver of their movement, which would make the object beautiful in the eyes of their Creator and their peers on their earth.
Or instead of instilling fear of their cause or movement, to create participation and acceptance. For example, to remove the fear of either a Black man to walk unharmed in a White neighborhood or a White man in a Black neighborhood.
The same word that is required to achieve character that Martin Luther dream.
Consider?
Consider how all the fuzziness or dross of the BLM movement would obtain acceptance instead of another harmful revolution to justify looting, anarchy, etc. as the spokesman in the article described
The same word emphasized in the Bible that propelled the greatest revolution in world history of mankind.
The word that most Blacks have never had the opportunity to understand in their youth because they have never been schooled in private religious schools to understand the spiritual meaning and understanding.
What Word?
In my opinion, if the BLM slogan would add and incorporate the meaning of the word in the fuzziest of their slogan, it would remove fear from their movement and serve to propel and to shine in the eyes of everyone.
Amend Slogan From – To
BLM to BLMR or Black Lives Matter for Righteousness.
What does righteousness mean in the Bible?
“Righteousness is the state of moral perfection required by God to enter heaven. However, the Bible clearly states that human beings cannot achieve righteousness through their own efforts: “Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.”.
If Interested
Read the Source Links below
You Decide
Would school choice or school vouchers propel understanding of the Biblical definition of the word righteousness and propel the movement over time.
Is the reason that Blacks could never afford to be sent or send their children to private religious schools the core reason why Blacks have never marched for school choice of school vouchers if this following statement is true.
“Black parents love charter schools and voucher-supported private school vouchers because they teach values, self-respect, and hope. But no, if this option for poor or lower-income parents has more Democrat opposition than ever.”
Regards and goodwill blogging
Source Links
Chicago Tribune August 21, 2020
Definition of Righteousness
www.learnreligions.com/what-is-righteousness-700695
Transcript of Martin Luther King Jr Speech
https://www.foxnews.com/us/transcript-of-martin-luther-king-jr-s-i-have-a-dream-speech
Proverbs – Biblehub – Gil Bible Explanations
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/proverbs/25.htm
School Vouchers
https://rudymartinka.com/category/school-vouchers/
Chicago Violence
Rudy u Martinka 
interesting post, the answer is not too difficult Rudy, and far simpler than one thinks, even in this chaos so many find themselves in. Forgiveness, Black lives matter. There is nothing more powerful than the power of forgiveness. it’s simply this; there are those who enjoy raising the anger and ire of those who are hurt, there are those who use the words of scripture to confuse others, in order to gain themselves, but there are very few people who actually forgive others, and will gladly blame others, for all their stress. Reasons to hate are too easy to find, reasons to forgive, are found in the words and life experience of Jesus.
When you take the anger out of the man, there is room for enlightenment to come rushing in. its’ why Jesus warns us to be wary of the habits of those who preach the good words, as they rarely add up to the same. Gods Spirit can’t live peacefully in an angry heart. In a nutshell, why would you be stupid enough to cut off that life line. If you want to make peace, you have to forgive, there is no other way, amen.
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bwcarey
Thanks for your comment about forgiveness. I heartily agree and even considered the same word as the conundrum word instead of righteousness.
However, when I considered this idiom, “Love is never having to say you are sorry”, I chose righteousness instead based the same logic.
For example, if we all treat each other in the spirit of righteousness, there would be no need or occasion to either forgive the injustice or transgressions of our actions toward each other.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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Forgiveness is always a great idea, but lawbreakers still need to arrested and jailed, and that is scriptural too.
We call our jails penitentiaries for a reason . See https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=penitentiary.
The idea was to give the offender time to reflect and seek repentance. Until an offender repents — regrets the sin, not just being caught –forgiveness helps only those who forgive.
There is also another problem. Until we examine what is going on and understand the what, why, when, where, and how of a matter, we don’t know how to define the problem, much less solve it.
We passed civil rights legislation in the 60’s. If our government had properly defined the problem, then why didn’t their solution solve the problem. Nobody was repenting? Nobody was forgiving? In fact, they created welfare programs that made poor people dependent and rewarded bad behavior. This led to huge increase in out of wedlock births. Their solutions — their generosity with other people’s money –created more problems.
Fact is that Marxists and Socialists are exploiting racism and class envy for political purposes. These people are running much of our educational system. That’s why lots of the rioters are white, and the most interminable riots are taking place in areas dominated by whites.
This isn’t a race problem anymore. The problem is that too many people believe outright lies.
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Tom,
Interesting comment. What is the goal of the organizers using concerned well intentioned people as pawns to peruse an agenda in your opinion?
I am considering expanding on what I recognized that happened recently in Chicago when bands of Black looters with equipment and specific targeting high end stores in a major shopping area in Chicago.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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Tom.
I decided to write a post to present my question as a conundrum with some vital clues as to who are the organizers.
If Interested
https://rudymartinka.com/2020/08/23/who-are-the-organizers-conundrum-clues-king-solomon-blog/
Regards amd ooodwill blogging.
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economic well being is fine, but not at the expense of mental well being, otherwise it all goes mad, and the thoughts become extreme.
as citizens of a greater world, where there is a great imbalance, sneakers cost $5 to make, by the time they sell, $80 plus, use those talents wisely, rather than trying to gain advantage of the situation we need to consider, how we can live together, it sounds simple, but at the end of the day, as the ancient prophets say, and Jesus, and Islam, everyone in fact agrees on this, a day of reckoning arrives, getting it together is so important now, otherwise imagine the consequences, hope things get sorted peacefully, amen
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@bwcarey
In spite of how you begin, you are arguing mental well being requires economic well being.
Socialism does not provide economic well being. Socialism is just an excuse that people use to rob some people so that they can give money to other people. The power to so redistribute wealth corrupts both the people with the power and the people who become dependent upon the redistributions. Corrupt people lack mental well being, to say the least.
Government exists to protect our rights. Sometimes we use rules like eminent domain to prevent people from using their property abuse the rights of others. For example, when someone owns a mountain pass, they can stifle trade by requiring an excessive toll to use that pass.
In a society where everyone has equal rights before the law, it is difficult to become extremely wealthy. A large amount of wealth requires increasingly skilled management to hang onto it. Because they often may not have either the skills or the necessary discipline, the wealthy often secure special advantages from their cronies in government. That’s crony capitalism and it leads to Socialism.
Because government does not love us, true charity has to be private. Just the way it is.
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I argue Tom from the position of there being an authority that we all have to account to, which is higher than Government, I have good reasons to say this, I also recognize, that many have distanced themselves from Higher Help, Socialism is a term that has been misused, same way all language changes in meaning over time. Getting back to basics is needed not just in America, but everywhere, and that’s not some far off location, but an awareness inside, that we have great potential, in there, if only we provide the space needed. whatever the outcome to the election, the mental direction has to change, if you watch what is happening, there is a wedge being used to divide the United States, amen
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@bwcarey
Getting back to the basics of what? What do you call the basics? How do “we” get back to the basics? I am afraid I don’t exactly understand.
Even within the community of those who call themselves Christian, there can be violent disagreement. Go beyond the Christian community and the disagreement grows, inevitably to the point of violence.
There is much criticism of tribalism these days, but tribalism is not necessarily a bad thing. We all have the right to associate with and work with the people with whom we have common cause. Families, clans, and communities need to form close relationships. People should be able to bond with those with whom they have common cause. That is one of the rights protected by the First Amendments, and that is why the Framers of the U.S. Constitution created a republic.
Therefore, when we insist upon “we”, “we” must consider the ramifications. “We” is a much abused expression. Sometimes people use the expression “we” to insist that “they” must do what “we” tell them to do or they are being selfish. Socialists and Communists, in particular, abuse the expression “we” that way. That is why I ask for clarification. In order to protect our own rights, we have to protect each other’s rights. However, if we go beyond that point, we lose our rights.
“We” must never forget that God is God, “we” are not.
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Good point Tom, there is a lot of stuff throw out there that can confuse people, in simple terms, if we pause before we act for instance, and think how our actions will impact on those around us, and what example we are setting, from the point of view of the Holy Spirit say, we bring God’s will into our thinking, meaning, the High Spirit, or God’s Spirit is supposed to live inside us, and for that to have comfort and peace, the decisions we make, have to tally with the impact our decisions have on the well being of that Spirit, do we foster the wisdom of God or the wisdom of men, hope that explains some, thanks for the comments, enjoy the weekend.
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bwcarey
I agree, “there is a wedge being used to divide the United States”
My post explains how I used your explanation of the “wedges” to explain the two core reasons for “what is the violence all about in our Nation.
If Interested
https://rudymartinka.com/2020/08/27/violence-or-silence-or-king-solomon-blog/
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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Love the idea “BLM to BLMR ” Makes sense.
Blessings.
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Good one, Rudy! I really like “Black Lives Matter For Righteousness.”
I think a huge problem in the world right now is identity and purpose. We have to know “why” our lives matter. Our identity is in Christ, we have value because we are made in His image, and we exist to give glory to God. When we take that framework away it’s very hard to define a movement and to have some firm ground under your feet. It’s also very hard for people to find their identity and purpose in a society.
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Insanitybytes22
Thank you for your profound comment. Wish more people would share your thoughts/ Would make this world a better place, in my opinion.
Regards and goodwill blogging
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