[Magdalen] RIP Ali, 74.

[Jay Weigel]

Nicely put, Allan. Thank you.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You yourself have stated that his baptism made him "Christ's own forever"
> in spite of his later conversions to the Nation of Islam and then to Sunni
> Islam.
>
> That notion imples a slavery to Christ that Ali twice repudiated. From that
> standpoint, Ali was quite right in calling "Cassius Marcellus Clay" his
> slave name. It has nothing to do with history.
>
> When I was accepted into Zen and given my new Buddhist name, Taikan, my
> Zen teacher gave a talk to the assembly on how honored he was that someone
> he knew to still be a Christian had accepted Buddhism from him.
>
> I have never forgotten that whole hearted acceptance of me, just as I was.
> You might try the same with Mohammad Ali (Praised One).
>
> On Saturday, June 4, 2016, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','magdalen at herberthouse.org');>> wrote:
>
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> > However, the implication that his Christian name was a slavery name
> > and that Mohammed Ali is his "free" name doesn't match history on
> > the subject of African slavery.
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Allan Carr
>