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Koinos

(2,796 posts)
12. They aren't trying to win our support.
Sun May 15, 2016, 04:32 PM
May 2016

They are trying to get rid of us. Pure, unreasoning hatred of everyone and everything not like them. More like a lynch mob than a political group. They are only a few steps away from violence. They should look in the mirror and ask themselves if they like what they have become. Bernie said that religion for him came down to "loving one's neighbor." Maybe he and his followers should start practicing what he claims is morally and ethically most important.

Having said that, I have never seen a "saint" who was red-faced with anger ninety-nine percent of the time. Usually, saints are uncommonly kind to people, even their enemies. They do not have fits of anger. They see good in others. They lead others by example to behave humanely and with respect for the dignity of each and every person. They may be Christian or Jewish or Muslim or Buddhist or humanist or none of the above, but they all follow the universal moral law of love. It is love, not hatred, that draws us to strive together for a common good.

Why are anger and hatred so undeservedly popular these days? Shouldn't we be doing better than that?

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