{"id":100985,"date":"2017-08-18T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=100985"},"modified":"2017-08-17T22:41:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:41:40","slug":"christian-ethics-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2017\/08\/christian-ethics-action.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Ethics in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This is beautiful:<\/p>\n

There are many headlines in the news today about fighting\u00a0white supremacy<\/a>\u00a0and the Ku Klux Klan with violence.<\/p>\n

However, decades ago\u00a058-year-old Blues musician Daryl Davis learned the most effective way to get a Klansman to give up his hood: friendship.<\/p>\n

Daryl Davis has a unique hobby.<\/p>\n

In his spare time, he befriends white supremacists. Lots of them. Hundreds. He goes to where they live. Meets them at their rallies. Dines with them in their homes. He gets to know them because, in his words, \u201cHow can you hate me when you don\u2019t even know me? Look at me and tell me to my face why you should lynch me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He also is a collector of KKK robes. He collects them as souvenirs when KKK members decide to give up on racism because of\u00a0his friendship.<\/p>\n

Davis, a Christian, has met with white supremacists for three decades. He never tries to convert the Klansmen. He simply becomes friends with them and they give up the KKK on their own.\u00a0According<\/a>\u00a0to an interview with The Independent, Davis is \u201chappy\u201d to be friends with former Klansmen:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a wonderful thing when you see a light bulb pop on in their heads or they call you and tell you they are quitting. I never set out to convert anyone in the Klan. I just set out to get an answer to my question: \u201cHow can you hate me when you don\u2019t even know me?\u201d I simply gave them a chance to get to know me and treat them the way I want to be treated.<\/p>\n

They come to their own conclusion that this ideology is no longer for them.<\/p>\n

I am often the impetus for coming to that conclusion and I\u2019m very happy that some positivity has come out of my meetings and friendships with them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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