Did you ever hear the story or even, legend of the man who killed a community with just his words? I'll briefly share the tale for you. A man entered a church one day and over time convinced the entire community that he was an alien sent to Earth to save that community from the Earths destruction. With mere words he persuaded the community to die for him, and he later killed himself believing his story. It's not my place to say that he was not an alien, how would I know? But I do know this.
I remember reading the Bible one day and I've completely forgotten where the scripture is but it had written something along the lines of "there is life and death in your words", and it's true. A man somehow convinced an entire community (and perhaps himself) that he was there to save them. The result was that they all died.
So next time you converse with a friend and say lightheartedly "you're stupid", "you're gay", "you can't do it", odds are they will disregard it but before they do it will most likely be considered if only for a second. I don't care what anyone says, if one man can con a community into committing suicide then he is one great speaker. So if I used just my words and passion and expressed them to others could that give life to the community?
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Con-artists, Mutilators, Cheats... all the same. The desire to put words in peoples mouths to convice them everything is OK is ridicules.
As for this case, "there is life and death in your words" obviously means that what people say to one another carries either a burden or emotional attachment of some kind.
The only great speaker I've ever known is Muhammad Ali. He could convice people that he could win before even getting into the ring.
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