Religion

[naurael]

So... I already posted one entry to my journal today (and a funny one, too!), but just now I saw a short documentation on TV... It has been maybe a month or so since I last watched anything on TV, but this one really hooked me. The documentation was called "Life lines" (seems to be a regular occurance), and today it was about a 82 years old lady

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[glacierscout]

Terry Anderson was an American reporter stationed in Beiruit, Lebanon. He was one of the Americans who were kidnapped by Islamic militants back in the 1980's. He was held captive for over five years. When he was released, he made a point of forgiving his captors. People asked him later why he did that, since he had no plans to return to Beiruit, and would never see any of his captors again. Anderson replied that he wasn't forgiving his captors for THEIR sake, but for himself, to heal the bitterness that he felt. He claimed that holding hate in his heart for his captos was "like drinking bitter poison and hoping that the other person would suffer."

Anni had experienced love, from her Polish laborer lover, from her child and from her family. HWhile she was imprisoned, she and the other ladies in the camp realized that to hate the guards or to hate the system that persecuted them would not change the guards or the system, but would poison the love they had received from others. I'm in awe of that kind of faith and understanding.

[naurael]

My thoughts, exactly. She and this Terry Anderson are wise in that they put their love above someone other's hate - for that is what imho lies on the bottom of vengeance and revenge: the need to be acknowledged by your torturer, to make him see what he did. But to do that is not only mostly impossible, but, as Anni and Mr Anderson said, in the end self destructive. For no matter how much you would make the other one suffer, it doesn't bring back what you lost. Not your innocence. Not your lost years. Nothing. So binding yourself to someone by hating him will only ever serve as a reminder, nothing else

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[anonymous]

it was extremely provocative to read.
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