(October 16, 2016 at 7:28 am)mh.brewer Wrote: OK. Have either of you committed this sin?
Have you coveted? (just thinking this might be along the same line)
I have committed the sin of dehumanizing people, but not in a sexual sense. I think it's usually men who struggle with that one.
The way I've dehumanized people in my mind is when I've seen someone who is just super weird looking... like, wearing really weird clothes, having a ton of crazy piercings, weird hair colors, super goth types.... rather than just going on about my day and reminding myself that they are people, I kinda laugh in my head about it or think for a little too long about how weird they are. I've viewed them like pawns in a freak show rather than humans and that is wrong of me.
To covet just means to be jealous/envious of what someone else has and dwelling on the wish that you had that thing instead of them. I think we've all done that. I'm sure I have.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
