/lit/ - Literature

>>12305859
Something is only a thing as much as it can be compared to nothing like a shadow can only form if there is a light to shine, but for there to be a shadow there has to be the third part of the equation; the 'I'. There is something only because i am there to know it is and there is nothing only because i can theorize there isn't.

>>10890300
Faith and forgiveness.

There are countless reasons why anyone has the right to be angry, there are countless amounts of hate (from very little to hatred in a state of possession) and there are countless ways to take out your anger on the world or inidividuals. We can't judge a school shooter if he was diagnosed with a brain tumour because he felt as if he is under attack by the world and must fight back, or even yet, he feels as thought morality in the conscious world is worthless and might even think that he is doing the morally superior thing by doing what he does. This would be teh case when Pakistani jihadists would excuse their public attacks on schools when they would claim "We did it to save these people of their own sins, to allow them to go to heaven before they sin." and so violence is not only justified but supported. Some individuals were abused and threatened as young children and would later take out their anger on the world (perhaps only on the specific people who abused them) and in these cases can we also judge them for being victims of past crimes?
The answer is that everyone suffers and none have the privilege of surviving eternally, we all have reasons to grab the nearest rock and swing it in rings as we walk by people but forgiveness is what ends the never ending conflict between individuals and between one and his own existence. It's the hardest path to take because you not only have the right to lash out but you may have the power (especially if you have been attacked yourself).

People you love will likely die before you do and there's nothing you can do about it. You will one day die and it's only a matter of time. There's such a vibrant world full of colour and noises here but so many people have passed and are gone, so many people will one day come to us. How do you deal with this? What books helped you deal with this?