Yeah, there are things that can be defined as the absence of something, but when they're things that have to do with people's beliefs or self perception, it probably would be a good idea to see how those people, themselves, describe the thing.
I feel that generally I agree with its message of letting go of self-defeating hatreds and divisions in the bigger picture of stellar time and at the same time the government of my country is pursuing policies of active harm ... --Quite! I heard a very wrongheaded homily last week: the homilist (a deacon) was talking about how we're all called to love one another and then talked about families being fractured, and said, "And over what? POLITICS?!?!" --as if politics were as inconsequential as choice of nail polish or something. And I was thinking to myself, Yeah dude, POLITICS. Loving one another doesn't mean smiling benignly as you watch someone dismember someone else. Sometimes the things that are tearing people apart actually ARE worthy reasons. It's no good to say earnestly to one side, "Hey hey, maybe a little less torture and killing, okay? Maybe only 20 minutes of beatings instead of 45?" and to the other "Hey hey, maybe a little less complaining about torture and killing, okay? Maybe just let it happen a little, huh?" IT'S INSANE
... okay, now I have to take some deep breaths. Because it drives me nuts.
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I feel that generally I agree with its message of letting go of self-defeating hatreds and divisions in the bigger picture of stellar time and at the same time the government of my country is pursuing policies of active harm ... --Quite! I heard a very wrongheaded homily last week: the homilist (a deacon) was talking about how we're all called to love one another and then talked about families being fractured, and said, "And over what? POLITICS?!?!" --as if politics were as inconsequential as choice of nail polish or something. And I was thinking to myself, Yeah dude, POLITICS. Loving one another doesn't mean smiling benignly as you watch someone dismember someone else. Sometimes the things that are tearing people apart actually ARE worthy reasons. It's no good to say earnestly to one side, "Hey hey, maybe a little less torture and killing, okay? Maybe only 20 minutes of beatings instead of 45?" and to the other "Hey hey, maybe a little less complaining about torture and killing, okay? Maybe just let it happen a little, huh?" IT'S INSANE
... okay, now I have to take some deep breaths. Because it drives me nuts.