Sky Dancer
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I don't hate God. I don't hate Jesus. I hate what his followers do in his name.
I find it very difficult to condemn the followers, when there is really no Religion whose followers have a strong moral history to stand on. That's more a matter of human nature than anything else. However, I can hate a God (among the many) who claims to be loving and just and then does many of the things that He does, or at least allows them to happen.
Can't Buddhists forgive ?
I can't speak for Buddhists, not being one myself, but this Ecclectic Pagan doesn't do very well with Forgiveness. Especially when it comes to material slights and injuries.
It's harder to forgive than to hate but a lot easier to live with. Some people need their victimhood as it has become who they think they are.
You probably don't know this, but people who have been traumatized are called survivors, not victims. Trauma affects the brain, it interrrupts neural pathways forcing people to relive emotional memories that have been triggered by some present phenomena.
Was it your intention to use the word, 'victim' as a putdown, insult or weapon? I may not be remembering your background accurately but I thought you were a therapist. Is that how you think of your clients? As victims to be despised?
I get the feeling it was, but I may be wrong. Elaborate.
If you're using it as a insult, no problem. I'm working with patience today, the patience to bear with insults.
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