I'm John Carter in Moscow.
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In Havana, Cuba.
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Now in Kiev, the
capital of Ukraine.
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I'm John Carter in Petra.
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Right here in Communist China.
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Reporting from India.
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Hi, I'm John Carter
in the Solomon Islands.
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I'm John Carter in Soweto.
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From El Salvador.
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I'm John Carter
in Sydney, Australia.
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Now, here's John
Carter with today's message.
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Welcome back, my friend,
to THIS Coronavirus special,
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The Gospel
according to Mr. Rogers,
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Fred Rogers,
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how you can have a beautiful day
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in the neighborhood.
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Now, we're struggling
against a tremendous foe.
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But I promise you
by the grace of God,
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we shall defeat
COVID-19 by the grace of God.
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Now, the gospel
according to Fred,
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what on earth is the
gospel according to Fred?
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The gospel according to Fred
is that, you're special to me.
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Every person is
beautiful in his own way.
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And every person is special,
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because he's been made
in the very image of God.
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That's why as we
fight this terrible virus,
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we've got to recognize
that every person is special,
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and no person
can be left behind.
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I want to read
you something here.
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Here in these great
United States of America,
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we have the magnificent
Declaration of Independence.
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Now every person in America,
every true American knows this,
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at least the commencement
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to the
Declaration of Independence.
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We hold these truths
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to be self evident,
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that all men and
should say women,
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that all men are created equal,
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that they are
endowed by their Creator
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with certain unalienable rights,
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that among these
are life, liberty,
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and the pursuit of happiness.
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Listen to me. Listen to me.
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Declaration of
Independence says,
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the Creator has
made us, number one.
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I am a child of God,
I'm not a son of the slime.
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I am a child of God.
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I came down from the stars,
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I didn't come up from the swamp.
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And therefore,
because we are sons
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and daughters of God,
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every person is
distinct and glorious.
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And that is why I
believe in the gospel
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according to Fred that
says, "You're special to me."
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Every person is special.
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And this is what
makes America different
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to some countries,
the worst of a human soul.
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America believes in the
value of the individual,
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because he's made
in the image of God.
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Now let me give you something.
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Let me give you brother,
sister, the big contrast,
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because you often
cannot understand the truth.
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We can't understand
the truth unless we see it
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against the
backdrop of the big contrast.
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So let me give
you the big contrast.
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I want you to think of
Germany in the time of Hitler.
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Hitler and his goons said this,
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"Get rid of the weak, the sick,
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the mentally defective,
the racially inferior,
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get rid of the
gypsies, get rid of the Jews,
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the Slavs also called
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inferior forms of human life."
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This idea was one
of the biggest lies
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that had ever come
out of the pit of hell.
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Hitler also said something else,
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he said, "When you tell a
lie, tell a really big one."
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Because he said, "If
you just tell a little lie,
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you can't brainwash the masses."
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So he said,
"When you tell a lie,
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tell a really big one."
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And he told people that
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unless they were of
certain types of a blood,
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they were racially inferior
and they should be eliminated.
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He said, "We are building
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the Third
Reich, the super race."
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And thus they
sang, Germany over all.
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We are going to
conquer the world
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because we are the super race.
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They certainly
didn't sing the song,
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you are special
to me to poor people.
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Now the Nazis,
now you need to have
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a little bit of history.
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I know some people
are not into history,
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I am because I
want to know the truth.
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Jesus said,
"You'll know the truth,
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and the truth
will make you free."
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So I want you to indulge me
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and listen to a
little bit of history
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that you and I need to know.
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The Nazis had been
strongly influenced
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by Friedrich Nietzsche,
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the great German
philosopher of the 19th century,
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who had been
influenced by Charles Darwin,
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who wrote the book on
the origin of species.
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Now there's something
that most folks don't know.
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Richard Dawkins didn't
even know it until recently.
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This is the name of the
book that Charles Darwin put out
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on the origin of species
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by means of natural selection,
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or the
preservation of favored races
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in the struggle for life.
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So Darwinism is
based upon the concept
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that there were
certain favored races,
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and that through the idea
of the survival of the fittest,
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the great races
would come to the top.
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They were, of course,
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in his
thinking, the white races,
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and the so
called inferior races,
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like the black races in
Africa would be eliminated.
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That was the
devil's big, big lie.
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That was pure Darwinism.
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Now, how did it
fit in with Nietzsche?
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Well, let me tell
you, Friedrich Nietzsche
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who is the most popular
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philosopher today
in the universities
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of the United States of America.
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You say, "I don't believe it."
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Well, you better believe
it because it is the truth.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
was a German philosopher
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who taught that might was right,
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that
Christianity was a depraved...
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Listen to this.
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Nietzsche taught that
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Christianity was
a depraved religion,
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because it preserved that
which should be destroyed.
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He said, "The weak
should be destroyed,
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and therefore the
weak should be eliminated."
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This was the bad news
according to Nietzsche,
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and he got it from Darwin,
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and this bred the
teachings of the Nazis.
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So, Nietzsche railed
against mercy and compassion.
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Let me say it again.
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He said, "That Christianity
was a depraved religion
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because it protected
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what nature said
should be destroyed."
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Darwin said, "The
survival of the fittest."
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And so Nietzsche said,
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"We've got certain
types of individuals
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who are not the fittest,
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and they ought to be destroyed."
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And amen said the Nazis.
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Hitler, my friend, and Nietzsche
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would never have sent
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those two hospital ships
to Los Angeles and New York.
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Look at their names,
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Glory be to God,
Mercy and Comfort.
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You don't get mercy,
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and you don't get
comfort from the Nazis.
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You don't get mercy
and comfort from Darwin,
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and you don't get mercy
and comfort from Nietzsche.
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You get mercy and comfort.
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I'm telling you the truth,
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you get mercy and comfort
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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That's why I
believe in the gospel
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according to Fred
Rogers, you're special to me.
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You may be weak.
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You may be sick.
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You may be old.
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You may not be
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the most intelligent
person on the planet,
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but you're special to me
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because God made you.
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Fred's religion was all
about mercy and comfort.
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I believe in the
doctrine of mercy and comfort.
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I believe in the
gospel according to Fred,
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because it is the gospel
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that he got from
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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It's a beautiful
day in the neighborhood,
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brother and sister.
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Are you still listening?
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It's a beautiful
day in the neighborhood.
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When we can look
at people and say,
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"You're special to me.
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You are unique,
you are splendid,
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you are glorious.
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You may be imperfect,
but you are tremendously
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important to me
because you are made
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in the image of God."
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You see, Mr. Rogers was right.
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Hitler and Nietzsche
were wrong, dead wrong.
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Let me give you a
little bit more of history.
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How did Hitler die?
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While he died a
suicide, hating the world.
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He died even
hating the German people
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because he said,
"The German people
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have completely
failed the Third Reich,
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they don't deserve to live."
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He died a pathetic creature
without hope cursing the world,
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cursing his own people.
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Friedrich
Nietzsche, how did he die?
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It's very, very interesting.
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Nietzsche was cared
by his Christian sister
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and his old Christian mother.
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Nobody else wanted him
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because he'd become a
stark, raving lunatic.
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He died very unhappy person.
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Sometimes crying out,
sprouting words of Scripture,
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because he knew in his own soul,
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that without God
there was nothing.
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So what about Fred Rogers?
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Well, he's a trillion miles away
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from those
people, philosophically,
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and that is why
people loved him.
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Now Hitler who
worshiped Nietzsche,
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who taught that
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might was right
made this statement.
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It's a horrendous statement.
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But here's a
little bit of history.
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And you need to see
these things and remember this.
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Those who forget the past
are condemned repeated errors.
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There is a tremendous amount
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of ignorance in the world today.
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People have forgotten the past.
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And because
they've forgotten the past,
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they're in a terrible danger
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of repeating the past,
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but the past tells
us that the only people
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who could really
survive and the only people
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who can do good in
the world are people
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who see the image
of God in other people.
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Now, look at this.
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This is what Hitler said,
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"I want to raise a
generation of young people
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who are devoid of conscience..."
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Hey, "Devoid of conscience,
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imperious,
relentless, and cruel."
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No comfort, no mercy.
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I want to raise
up a new generation,
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and they're going
to be the stormtroopers
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and they're going to crush...
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every person who
doesn't have the pure blood.
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And he brought hell
upon the German people,
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and was
responsible for the deaths
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of tens of millions of people.
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Contrast the words of
Hitler with the words of Jesus.
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Jesus the comforter.
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Just think about this a minute.
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It's, it's...
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The contrast is
almost overwhelming.
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
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for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
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Blessed are the meek,
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for they shall
inherit the earth."
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He didn't say
blessed are the wealthy.
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Blessed are the powerful.
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"Blessed are the merciful,
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for they shall obtain mercy.
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Blessed are the peacemakers,
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for they shall be
called sons of God."
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Fred learned his religion there.
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Fred got his
religion from Christ.
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He was a gospel minister.
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I believe in the gospel
according to Fred Rogers,
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because it is
the gospel of Christ.
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My friend, it's a beautiful
day in the neighborhood
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when we believe these things,
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and therefore, we
totally reject the survival
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of the fittest
and social Darwinism.
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Not everybody who
believes in evolution
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believes in social Darwinism,
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because they know
it is an evil system.
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We believe in the...
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Listen to my words
carefully, I weigh them.
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We believe in the preservation
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and the protection
of the weakest member
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of human society,
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including the unborn baby.
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I asked you to
pause, think and reflect
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what prayer tell me is weaker
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than the unborn baby that
is cradled for nine months
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in the womb of the mother.
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So I believe that every person,
I believe that you are special.
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I believe that
little babies are special.
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I believe that old
people are special.
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I believe that young people
and teenagers are special.
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Why?
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Well, it's pretty simple,
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because they're
made in an image of God.
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Now, there's a book entitled
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"The Simple Faith of
Mr. Rogers" written by
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Amy Hollingsworth.
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She interviewed
Fred and she said,
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"What would you
want people to say?
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What would you
want people to get
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after they've
watched you on television?
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After they've watched
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood?
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After they've heard you sing?
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He wasn't a great
singer, but I thought he was.
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But he really
wasn't great singer.
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It's a beautiful
day in the neighborhood,
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sure better than me.
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Won't you be my neighbor?
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You are special to me.
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That's the religion, my friend,
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that's the faith that
changes and saves the world.
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We need it during this
time of crisis in America,
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and around the world.
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He answered her,
"Well, I would want
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those who were
listening to know that
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they had unique value
that there isn't anybody
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in the whole
world exactly like them.
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And that there never has been
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and there never
will be anyone like them.
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And that they are
loved by the person
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who created them
in a unique way."
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God made you,
you're special to Him.
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And God gave His
Son today for you.
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If they could know
that and really know it,
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and have that behind their eyes,
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they could look with those eyes
on their neighbor and realize,
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my neighbor has
unique value too.
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There's never been
anybody in the whole world,
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like my neighbor.
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There never will be
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if they could value that person,
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if they could love that person
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in ways that we know
that the eternal loves us that
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I would be very grateful.
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The gospel
according to Fred is simple.
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God made you.
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You're special.
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Your neighbor is special.
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And therefore we must do
everything to help our neighbor
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and to bless our neighbor.
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There are no
second class citizens.
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It doesn't matter who you are,
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or what color you are,
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how much money you've got.
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This is not a case of money.
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This is a case of
your intrinsic value.
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Brother, Sister,
you are worth more than
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a billion trillion dollars.
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You are worth more
than anything in this world,
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anything in this universe.
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You're very, very
special because God made you so.
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And that's what
Fred used to sing about.
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So let me say this.
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I don't say these things.
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I'm not saying
this with any apology.
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I don't.
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I don't think we
should forget the past.
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So we here are
different to Nazi Germany.
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We are different
to Communist China.
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Some people
say, "No, no, no, no,
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you can't say that
where no countries,
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all countries are same..."
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No, countries are not the same.
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Communist China in
the days of Mao murdered
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15 million innocent Chinese.
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In the Soviet Union
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during the days of
Stalin and other monsters,
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the communists,
atheists, communists, atheists?
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Yeah, without doubt.
Are we afraid of the truth?
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This is the truth.
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The communists, the atheists
murdered in the Soviet Union,
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Russia and Ukraine
mainly, around 17 million
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innocent people,
70 million people.
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They weren't sending
ships called Mercy and Comfort.
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They were sending
people on the train
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along the Siberian railway line.
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I've been on it.
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I've been on it
a number of times.
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They sent them across Siberia.
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And they sent them
over there where they died
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by the millions.
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I have been in those graveyards.
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They didn't see
people as special,
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but we see people as special.
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That's why we believe
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in the gospel according to Fred.
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Now, I'm going to say something
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which everybody
needs to hear, I think.
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Some have been saying
here in America recently
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that we should let the old die.
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The fathers and the mothers,
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the grandfathers
and the grandmothers,
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because what really counts
is the wealth of the nation.
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This is called nationalism.
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It is an old heresy
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that no true,
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no true American believes in.
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This is called Social Darwinism.
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We let the weak die.
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We let the old die.
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And when they're dead,
we're going to be saving money,
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and we can get on with
building a greater America
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with all more money
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and all the trimmings.
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Let me tell you something.
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Don't forget it.
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America is better than that,
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because the
greatness of any country
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is in how she values the
weakest member of society.
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And we believe in the
gospel according to Fred Rogers,
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because he thought that
every person was special.
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Every person was unique,
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and every person was valuable.
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So I do not
believe, listen carefully.
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I do not believe that
the main thing is the success
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of America as a superpower.
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I believe that
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the most important thing
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is how we treat people.
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And if we treat people
with love and compassion,
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and if we'll do and
if we are prepared to go
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to the utmost to save the life
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of one person,
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then God will bless us.
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And we will be the
greatest nation that
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this world has ever seen.
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America believes in
the value of a human being.
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We are not like the Nazis.
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We are not like the communists.
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We believe in the gospel
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according to
good old Fred Rogers.
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You are special to me.
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The old grandmother,
you're special to me.
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The old grandfather,
you're special to me.
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The young couple
struggling to make a go.
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Don't get good
wages or anything,
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but they're struggling.
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They're trying to get ahead.
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Hey, you're special to me.
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The Jewish brother,
you're special to me.
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The Hindu man,
you're special to me.
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Every person,
you're special to me.
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The black person,
you're special to me.
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The white person,
you're special to me.
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The Asian man,
you're special to me.
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You're special to me.
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Why?
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Because God made you.
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You're made in the image of God.
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Christ died for you,
my brother, my sister.
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Don't let anybody put you down.
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You are a child of God.
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And if we treat
people like this,
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things are going to be okay.
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How shall we live then?
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We must show
mercy and compassion.
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People have come over to
our house from next door.
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Can we help you?
Are you okay there?
00:25:03.73\00:25:08.87
My son David has been sending me
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so many boxes of food.
00:25:10.41\00:25:11.74
I'm gonna, don't
know what I'm gonna do.
00:25:11.77\00:25:14.34
Javier sent soup.
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We should practice
the teachings of Jesus,
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love your neighbors as yourself.
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Love as Johan to his neighbor.
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We need to take care of all,
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including the
weakest members of society
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by stopping the
spread of COVID-19.
00:25:31.16\00:25:34.70
How?
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Here's some very
practical things.
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Listen up.
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Staying home and self isolating,
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congregating in groups
is against the law of love,
00:25:41.90\00:25:44.71
because it is
spreading the virus.
00:25:44.74\00:25:47.58
It is not loving our neighbors.
00:25:47.61\00:25:49.54
We must be responsible
by containing the virus,
00:25:49.58\00:25:52.98
by washing our
hands many times a day,
00:25:53.01\00:25:55.48
cleaning our homes,
that desks our computers,
00:25:55.52\00:25:57.92
that doorknobs, you
know what I'm talking about.
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When we go out,
keeping a distance
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of at least six
feet, two meters.
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.73
We need to care for others.
00:26:05.76\00:26:07.23
We need to wear a mask if
you can buy it, or a scarf.
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Exercising every day,
walking, breathe deeply.
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Get on the exercise
machine, eat healthy foods.
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Feel good about yourself.
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Say to yourself,
God is on my side.
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Show love to all you meet.
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Give a warm greeting.
00:26:31.89\00:26:33.89
When we go
walking, we meet people.
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And it's amazing how we meet
so many people full of love.
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Let them feel they're special.
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Believe in the God
who believes in you.
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Rejoice, laugh,
speak well of people,
00:26:48.57\00:26:54.94
believe that you
are a child of God,
00:26:54.98\00:26:57.41
that you are a special person.
00:26:57.45\00:26:59.48
Believe that God loves
you, has a plan for you.
00:26:59.51\00:27:04.45
And here's another point.
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Rejoice that you
have a home in heaven,
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for God so loved the world.
00:27:10.69\00:27:14.13
And one day we're
going to get a glory.
00:27:14.16\00:27:16.56
The Bible says, our
glory is going to come to us.
00:27:16.60\00:27:20.37
It's going to be
an amazing thing.
00:27:20.40\00:27:23.74
In John 14:1-3, Jesus said,
00:27:23.77\00:27:27.64
"Let not your
hearts be troubled,
00:27:27.68\00:27:30.08
you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
00:27:30.11\00:27:34.52
In my Father's
house are many mentions,
00:27:34.55\00:27:38.09
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
00:27:41.46\00:27:43.83
And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
00:27:43.86\00:27:46.73
I will come back and
receive you to Myself."
00:27:46.76\00:27:50.07
Christ died for you.
00:27:50.10\00:27:52.43
If you believe in
Him with all your heart,
00:27:52.47\00:27:55.10
you have everlasting life.
00:27:55.14\00:27:57.51
You don't need to fear death
00:27:57.54\00:27:59.57
because you're going
to have a place in glory.
00:27:59.61\00:28:03.51
I promise you,
by the grace of God,
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by the grace of God
00:28:07.78\00:28:10.89
as we fight this great pandemic,
00:28:10.92\00:28:14.99
we shall prevail.
00:28:15.02\00:28:19.49
Amen.
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