You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

And God says to all of us, you are no chicken; you are an eagle. Fly, eagle, fly. And God wants us to shake ourselves, spread our pinions, and then lift off and soar and rise, and rise toward the confident and the good and the beautiful. Rise towards the compassionate and the gentle and the caring. Rise to become what God intends us to be - eagles, not chickens.

Look at Nelson Mandela. Why did people want to follow him? He's a lousy speaker. If he hadn't got all the other things, you wouldn't spend time listening to him. But people actually don't listen to what he's saying, in a way. They are listening to him because he has communicated that he is ready to put his life on the line.

Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.

We are fundamentally good, and evil is an aberration.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

You don't think we have a copyright to forgiveness, it is done by people everywhere.