4 Things We Can All Learn From One Of America's Oldest Religious Communities

[AtheistCrusader]

9. I think you are right.

Normally, I take the alignment that was illustrated by Dostoyevsky, in the character Ivan; "I don't want the mother to embrace the oppressor who threw her son to the dogs! She dare not forgive him! Let her forgive him for herself, if she will, let her forgive the torturer for the immeasurable suffering of her mother's heart. But the sufferings of her tortured child she has no right to forgive; she dare not forgive the torturer, even if the child were to forgive him!"

But events like this give me pause. I wonder if it is 'good' for the people who do it, in that letting go of that hate helps them in some way. That it might be better for the survivors.

It's an interesting thought anyway.