Well written! I cannot help but feel a sense of hate for what certain individuals are doing to humanity. I know it is not for me to make any judgements about other human behaviour, but I certainly hate what they are doing. Forgiveness is something which I am struggling with at the moment!
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Have just finished reading James W. Douglas's brilliant, JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE.
Have been struggling with similar thoughts.
I am a vegetarian for ethical as well as health reasons.
Am not a Christian: in the face of the violence present in Nature and in the scrolls of history, I can only imagine a god for whom "The clamor and din of those in torment has to be the sound most pleasing to his ear". (Cormac McCarthy, THE SUNSET LIMITED).
Nevertheless, I am moved by your essay and left wondering how we, infidels and religious people, can work together to save what's left of the world.
I have heard from some biblical scholars that 'turn the other cheek' has a rather different meaning. Apparently the slapping protocol in ancient times (who knew there was such a thing?) was that one slapped a person below their own social status on the right cheek, but someone of their own status on the left cheek. So offering one's left cheek was actually a way of insisting that one was on the same level as the slapper.
Hate is toxic; but there’s a place for righteous anger I think. Isaiah 1:17 NASB
[17] Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor, Obtain justice for the orphan, Plead for the widow's case.
I don’t think Peterson has said he’s a Christian, but he knows his bible pretty well.
Thanks, I corrected it to read: " Peterson advocates for wisdom found in religious texts".
Well written! I cannot help but feel a sense of hate for what certain individuals are doing to humanity. I know it is not for me to make any judgements about other human behaviour, but I certainly hate what they are doing. Forgiveness is something which I am struggling with at the moment!
I remind myself constantly that hate and anger are toxic.
But given what's going on, these emotions are difficult to restrain.
You are so right! They are toxic and I don't want them in my life. Also.....very difficult to restrain during such evil times!
Have just finished reading James W. Douglas's brilliant, JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE.
Have been struggling with similar thoughts.
I am a vegetarian for ethical as well as health reasons.
Am not a Christian: in the face of the violence present in Nature and in the scrolls of history, I can only imagine a god for whom "The clamor and din of those in torment has to be the sound most pleasing to his ear". (Cormac McCarthy, THE SUNSET LIMITED).
Nevertheless, I am moved by your essay and left wondering how we, infidels and religious people, can work together to save what's left of the world.
Excellent essay.
Israel and Zionism are terrible burdens for us to bear.
I have heard from some biblical scholars that 'turn the other cheek' has a rather different meaning. Apparently the slapping protocol in ancient times (who knew there was such a thing?) was that one slapped a person below their own social status on the right cheek, but someone of their own status on the left cheek. So offering one's left cheek was actually a way of insisting that one was on the same level as the slapper.