tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post6899555131772164100..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Faith Versus DoubtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-73868866717578723662013-06-02T07:17:03.206-04:002013-06-02T07:17:03.206-04:00I'm also a believer in non-violence, and I bec...I'm also a believer in non-violence, and I become more so as I get older. <br />I'm afraid that I am preaching to myself as much as to anyone here. I have opponents and enemies, and it is an almost irresistible temptation sometimes to dish out to them what they dish out to me. Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-13235866807503691132013-06-02T00:07:51.689-04:002013-06-02T00:07:51.689-04:00[Yes, IT, I thought he *was* writing in compliment...[Yes, IT, I thought he *was* writing in compliment to you!]<br /><br />"Where is that point where we are so certain that we are right and that everyone else is not just wrong, but evil?"<br /><br />It is for this reason that, above such relatively TRIVIAL differences like theism vs atheism, I *above all else* <b>believe in nonviolence</b>. The point at which one will physically harm another "in the Name of the Faith" shows that one's faith is in <i>Power-Over By Any Means Necessary</i>.<br /><br />That said, it isn't always an easy decision, to know what is the Good, the Just, the Loving, the Nonviolent. "What-Ifs" can cloud the mind. But (per Gandhi) the "experiments with truth" go on. The struggle continues!JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-80733603059727901242013-06-01T20:54:20.803-04:002013-06-01T20:54:20.803-04:00Doug, we seem to be writing in complement to each ...Doug, we seem to be writing in complement to each other lately. Excellent post.<br /><br />IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-12304257802801041452013-06-01T14:53:31.598-04:002013-06-01T14:53:31.598-04:00The ability to see humanity in those who differ or...<i>The ability to see humanity in those who differ or oppose us, and merit in their arguments, is not weakness, but humility.</i><br /><br />Difficult, for sure, but it is also the message in the Gospels. I'm afraid I don't always do the best I can. I will continue to try.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com