The recent assassination of right-wing influencers Charlie Kirk was unjustifiable. That said, the response to his tragic death on the part of many white evangelicals has been very concerning and has lacked discernment. Some have even compared Kirk’s legacy to that of Martin Luther King, Jr. In this piece, Joel Bowman exposes the fallacy in doing so.
Charlie Kirk was no King
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Rev. Joel A. Bowman, Sr. Is a pastor, speaker, writer, mental health clinician, and Christian thinker who has been quoted in the Washington Post, USA TODAY, Associated Press, Baptist Press and The Christian Post. His recent work has focused on racism, racial trauma and Christian nationalism. View more posts
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Very well put, Joel. I think people get afraid to say anything that is not totally positive about Kirk as other people take that to mean that we think it is ok to assassinate someone. It is not ok to kill someone, period. You express what alot of us are thinking. Thanks.Oh! One similarity is that their last names begin with K and are 4 letters long!!
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Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. I do not take that lightly. You are right. I believe nuance is missing from a lot of our political and religious discourse. You are right about the similarities in their names. Another parallel- they were both murdered by white men. God bless.
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