[Magdalen] RIP Ali, 74.

[Allan Carr]

Sorry I misspelled Muhammad Ali's first name. I had it right to begin with,
but then looked up a news story, probably the only one on the planet that
had it wrong.



On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> >
>



-- 
Allan Carr