Every time someone shows a rainbow, it doesn’t represent a movement. The gay community for instance, doesn’t own a rainbow. We can see this by the way he cuts off the other person (implying that he only wants to talk about the literal meaning) and because previously in the same clip he says: Lentz though seems, naïvely, not to want to think about the idea of the phrase “black lives matter” possibly being tied to the organization Black Lives Matter. The biblical answer to his question would be “absolutely, yes black lives matter.” I would follow that answer up with “… but the organization/movement Black Lives Matter is an unbiblical one that should not be supported by the Church.” (which would have been cut off). In the dialogue Lentz gives, it is fairly clear that he is speaking of the literal meaning. The second meaning is the organization Black Lives Matter which holds unbiblical views of race, racism, justice, gender, sexuality, family structure, etc. The first is what I would call the literal meaning, which is that the lives of black people have the same exact intrinsic worth as all other people and should be cared about. Like the word cool, the phrase “black lives matter” also has two meanings. This word can mean to have a low temperature or to be calm/composed. When one of these words/phrases is used it can overload the reader/listener with information. Semantic overload is when a word/phrase holds two or more different meanings. Lentz’ argument here is deeply flawed, because the phrase “black lives matter” is an example of semantic overload. The third: I personally do not use or support the phrase “all lives matter” as Lentz implies the person he’s speaking with does. The second: This sermon was given in 2016 so it’s important we do not immediately think these statements perfectly reflect Lentz’ current thought process. The first: I have no idea what would have followed this hypothetical person’s “but…”, and as we proceed I will argue as if I was the other person speaking with Lentz. Then Lentz states that because the person did not state a yes, without reservation, then they must disagree on whether black lives matter or not (Lentz believing they do and the person believing not).īefore moving forward a few sidenotes need to be made. What happened is Lentz asks if black lives matter or not, and the individual responds “Yes, but…” and gets cut off. In his message, Lentz walks his audience through a dialogue between him (supporter of the phrase “black lives matter”) and an individual (who supports “all lives matter”).
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