what does paragraph 3 reveal about dr. king’s personal motivation? (1.5b)
but more basically, i am in birmingham because injustice is here. just as the prophets of the eighth century b. c. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the lord" far beyond the boundaries of their home towns, and just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco-roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town. like paul, i must constantly respond to the macedonian call for aid.

question 5 options:

a. his buddhist beliefs motivate him to pursue peace

b. he uses his christian beliefs “carry the gospel of freedom”.

c. his historical beliefs about the “greco-roman world” motivate him to spread peace

d. his international experiences have led him to work with macedonia.

the correct answer is B. He uses his Christian beliefs “carry the gospel of freedom”.

Explanation:

Dr. king was a christian

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.