http://afcmin.org/ateam/535/theological-jack-bauer-facts-20 Helping plans come together, one post at a time Sun, 03 May 2015 14:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 http://afcmin.org/ateam/535/theological-jack-bauer-facts-20/comment-page-1#comment-2588 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:25:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=535#comment-2588 Talk Like Jack Bauer Day isn't sacred by any means, so I don't think you need to be cautious about ripping on it. Regardless…
1) I didn't choose which day TLJB day would be, I'm just going along with what other people have established.
2) I don't see how having fun with Jack Bauer is in any way disrespectful to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. One might say it's fitting since half the presidents on 24 have been black, and I doubt you can find such a ratio on another TV show.
3) I don't see any obligation to honor MLK in some special way today, nor do I have any idea what I can do on this day that honors someone who's passed away. I can honor his ideas, but that's something I believe we ought to do every day by treating everyone as made in God's image regardless of their skin color. Though, I actually do that because that's what God desires, not because MLK taught it. Frankly, I disturbed that this is the one day of the year our country is supposed to seriously honor an individual. Sure we have Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays on the calendar, but no one takes them seriously, especially not as seriously as MLK. That's not to say we shouldn't remember what MLK taught on his birthday, just that it seems there are plenty of other Americans in our history books who deserve the same serious spotlight, if not a brighter one.
MLK gets plenty of coverage every year on his birthday. I have nothing to add to what's already out there, and nothing would be added by me posting about it.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/535/theological-jack-bauer-facts-20/comment-page-1#comment-2587 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:46:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=535#comment-2587 Not to rip on “Talk Like Jack Bauer Day” per se (which would be ok tomorrow), but isn't today the day that we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Should he be trumped by a fictional television character?

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