One day I was bringing a group of about 10 Christian volunteers into the jail to conduct religious programs. One of our staff, who happened to be African-American, asked me, in front of this group, "Chaplain...Do you think Jesus was black?"
I knew this fellow's dry sense of humor, and responded without missing a beat, "Yeah...probably." He, and the group were dumbstruck.
Okay...he was probably more olive-colored, but he was as close to black as he was white. Why should my answer have been so shocking, even if it was a bit tongue-in-cheek?
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." -- Lord Acton
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