Guest guest Posted April 7, 2000 Report Share Posted April 7, 2000 At 10:13 AM 4/7/00 -0600, you wrote: >> Jerry wrote: >> ... >> As far as looking at Adoph and saying to yourself, "Gee, >> there but for the grace of God go l -- if conditions were different, >maybe l >> could be a Hitler too..." Well, l'm sure it's instructive to look at >the >> background of the world's criminals -- environment can certainly play a >role. >> But we have to be careful here: countries are responsible for the leaders >> they produce and individuals must be held accountable for what they >become. >>... >> love, >> jerry > >Terrible evil very definitely exists in the world, for example Hitler, >Stalin and the dark side of Christianity. > >Ahimsa or "Resist not with evil" refers, I think, to an inner state of >detachment or calmness when faced by challenge. If "resist not with evil" >and ahimsa are seen as a recommendation for in-action, this in-action would >support evil through passive complicity. > >Pacifism might be cruel when it prevents an appropriate response to the >challenge of negativity. > >Roger "A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do." Swami Jonwyanji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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