Wow! Cain, Moses, and David were never considered to have much in common. They have a big thing in common. Murder! We all kind of understand Cain (Abel). Moses (Egyptian) was confronted with an impossible situation. David (Uriah) was totally given to self. All three were wrong.
pugnacious: “bruiser, ready with a blow, a striker, anger our of control [resulting in] physical [violence]
Nazi’s are a perfect description of pugnacious. The description of Dinur’s feeling after seeing Eichmann at the Nuremburg trial is telling. Eichmann was just an ordinary man or engaged in planning and carrying out extraordinary violence. What are any of us capable of doing?
I was very struck by the statement that, “when self-respect is nonexistent, so is respect for others.” We have thought for years that abortion is true to the devaluing of life in our culture.
Have you ever considered that talking about others negatively to a variety of people is striking back at them although not physically?
In what relationships do you personally struggle with resentment?
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