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11 December 1984

Desmond TutuKorrents 11 Dec 1984

From one piece Nobel Lecture, Oslo (11 December 1984) 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Human beings are of infinite value because they are created in God's image, and treating them as less is blasphemy

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When will we learn that human beings are of infinite value because they have been created in the image of God, and that it is a blasphemy to treat them as if they were less than this and to do so ultimately recoils on those who do this?

Nobel Lecture, Oslo (11 December 1984)nobelprize.org
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Dehumanizing others dehumanizes the oppressor too; we can be human only in fellowship

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In dehumanizing others, they are themselves dehumanized. Perhaps oppression dehumanizes the oppressor as much as, if not more than, the oppressed. They need each other to become truly free, to become human. We can be human only in fellowship, in community, in koinonia, in peace.

Nobel Lecture, Oslo (11 December 1984)nobelprize.org

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