Reply #65: It's neither Buddha- nor Christ-like. It's just who I am. [View All]

[Bertha Venation]

Do I have sympathy for psychopaths? I don't know that what I'm expressing is sympathy. But on some level, they, too, have suffered. That doesn't in the least mitigate their crimes. That doesn't excuse them at all. That doesn't even mean that I feel some obligation to reach out to them. I don't.

Same goes for hypocrites. Because they are hypocrites does not mean they have not suffered; because they have suffered does not mean they're excused.

But because they are hypocrites does not excuse me from trying to accept their humanity even as I abhor their crimes or faults. It is possible to do so.

If this doesn't answer your question, let me know and I'll try again.