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BenevolentM -> RE: Benevolent's Taxonomy of Atheism (3/24/2012 2:40:47 PM)
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ORIGINAL: MrBukani
Thanks for reminding me of my dad, everybody loved the fucker and he spewed his hate at me. And I am created in his exact image, like a carbon copy everybody says. He died when I was 10. I am not real happy with that but hey thats how life deals some people aces and some jacks.
Therefor I must conclude he is an asshole just like me, he could just hide it better. And like God he never really talked to me.
It maybe personal but I see so many resemblances.[:D]
That is a hard thing to come to terms with. If your father was evil, then in a sense you are evil. If your father was good, then in a sense you are good. Accept or reject either way you are screwed. That's evil for you MrBukani. It is the thing we must rise above, but to do this one must do things that do not seem natural like Saint Maria Goretti.
She was raped, but granted her rapist forgiveness. We are to conquer sin, not enjoy life per se. It seems reasonable to me to say that you want to get back at your father, but this can only result in self-hatred and self-destruction. It is for you to conquer the sin, but to do this you must know the difference between right and wrong, that is you must rise above the many deceptions and illusions. The resolution of right and wrong often involves problems that are computationally infeasible. What this means is either God has to enlighten us or we must do the best we can and hope for the best.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=78
St. Maria Goretti
Feastday: July 6
Patron of youth, young women, purity, and victims of rape
1890 - 1902
Born in Corinaldo, Ancona, Italy, on October 16 1890; her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. Her father died of malaria and her mother had to struggle to feed her children.
In 1902 an eighteen-year-old neighbor, Alexander, grabbed her from her steps and tried to rape her. When Maria said that she would rather died than submit, Alexander began stabbing her with a knife.
As she lay in the hospital, she forgave Alexander before she died. Her death didn't end her forgivness, however.
Alexander was captured and sentenced to thirty years. He was unrepentant until he had a dream that he was in a garden. Maria was there and gave him flowers. When he woke, he was a changed man, repenting of his crime and living a reformed life. When he was released after 27 years he went directly to Maria's mother to beg her forgiveness, which she gave. "If my daughter can forgive him, who am I to withold forgiveness," she said.
When Maria was declared a saint in 1950, Alexander was there in the St. Peter's crowd to celebrate her canonization. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950 for her purity as model for youth.
She is called a martyr because she fought against Alexander's attempts at sexual assault. However, the most important aspect of her story is her forgiveness of her attacker -- her concern for her enemy extending even beyond death. Her feast day is July 6. St. Maria Goretti is the patroness of youth and for the victims of rape.
Incidentally, I'm into female Saints. What a beautiful story: 'He was unrepentant until he had a dream that he was in a garden. Maria was there and gave him flowers. When he woke, he was a changed man, repenting of his crime and living a reformed life. When he was released after 27 years he went directly to Maria's mother to beg her forgiveness, which she gave. "If my daughter can forgive him, who am I to withold forgiveness," she said.'
Become beauty.
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