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"One cannot point out the wrong with bitterness because the bitterness becomes a wall between you and the person you want to correct." ~ Louis Farrakhan, 1995 Million Man March

Buddha in a Black Man 

ATONEMENT STAGES:

notes from Million Man March 1995 

1. Point out our wrongs.
2. Acknowledge the truth of...and express gratitude.
3. Confess the wrong. Confession protects us from our faults. Confess to God and to whom you hurt.
4. Repentance
5. Atonement: satisfactory reparation for injury/wrong.
6. Forgiveness: to exonerate, liberate, ask God for forgiveness
7. Reconciliation, restoration: become peaceful, harmonious, returning something to repair conditions.
8. Perfect union.