Well, I'm a Quaker. We try to see that of God or Light or Gaia or Allah, etc. in everyone, recognizing that if there is that "of God" there is also that "not of God." For me it's important to keep reminding myself that these are human beings committing these crimes. They must be stopped from committing genocide and held accountable for their monstrous behavior. But at the end of the day, whatever their psychopathology, they're still human beings who came into this world as innocent infants.
So much respect for this, Val! I’m Catholic, and my faith teaches me that we are all brothers and sisters; all equally beloved children of God. But, faced with the utter evil of this genocide, I’ve struggled to remember this. I have wished harm on Israel, which is a sin—we should wish harm on no one. But I do think we have every right to be angry. What do we do with the anger, though? How do we use it constructively? That’s a real challenge for me.
I meant: I’ve wished harm on Israelis. There is no sin in wishing harm on Israel! It’s my hope and prayer that the supremacist, expansionist, relentlessly violent state will cease to exist.
I totally disagree regarding compassion for genocidal mass child and women-murdering monsters!!!
Well, I'm a Quaker. We try to see that of God or Light or Gaia or Allah, etc. in everyone, recognizing that if there is that "of God" there is also that "not of God." For me it's important to keep reminding myself that these are human beings committing these crimes. They must be stopped from committing genocide and held accountable for their monstrous behavior. But at the end of the day, whatever their psychopathology, they're still human beings who came into this world as innocent infants.
So much respect for this, Val! I’m Catholic, and my faith teaches me that we are all brothers and sisters; all equally beloved children of God. But, faced with the utter evil of this genocide, I’ve struggled to remember this. I have wished harm on Israel, which is a sin—we should wish harm on no one. But I do think we have every right to be angry. What do we do with the anger, though? How do we use it constructively? That’s a real challenge for me.
I meant: I’ve wished harm on Israelis. There is no sin in wishing harm on Israel! It’s my hope and prayer that the supremacist, expansionist, relentlessly violent state will cease to exist.