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"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779 by the English clergyman John Newton. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, it is among the most sung and recorded hymns in the world and is especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular…
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Welcome 💖 Bienvenidos * * * If there are films that leave me with mixed feelings, it's those that deal with the subject of slavery. I've seen several, and there's always something that surprises me: Amazing Grace was no exception. There are no images of slavery here, but there are descriptions of events that were enough to make me reflect and think about how cruel we humans are and what we are capable of doing for…More
Hollywood has long sought to convince us that the USA is the most advanced and freest country in the world, implying that the world was in the dark until the light of freedom, democracy, and human rights was ignited in America in 1776. However, this claim is somewhat difficult to reconcile with the fact that some of the architects of the great American Revolution had no qualms about having other human beings as thei…More
