[Magdalen] RIP Ali, 74.

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Sat Jun 4 16:19:45 UTC 2016


Well, he may or may not have been baptized, but he made a point of saying that Cassius Clay was a slave name, and he wasn't a slave.

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/4/2016 8:41:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> RIP,  Ali. You were indeed the Greatest. May angels welcome you to  
> Paradise.
> (Yes, they do that in Islam  too)>>>>>>
> 
> I presume, which may be unwarranted, that Cassius Clay was his
> baptismal name.  If it is, one cannot be unbaptized.  The  baptized are
> "Christ's own forever."
> 
> So Cassius/Ali RIP.
> 
> 
> David Strang who has his baptism and confirmation  certificates
> framed and mounted.


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