RE: Is humility a virtue?
March 30, 2018 at 3:43 pm
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2018 at 3:43 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(March 30, 2018 at 3:29 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(March 30, 2018 at 3:17 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Humility is a great virtue, not to be confussed with self loathing of any sorts. Having self worth and self respect is not in conflict with the virtue of humility.
Self-loathing, for certain pious believers, is recommend by the traditions attributed to the household of Mohammad. Imam Ali in Nahjul balagha describing the pious says their hate for themselves is great.
That is different than humility, but the self-blaming soul can reach a state where it hates what it has become, but has compassion enough for itself to change and move forward.
To be distressed at the evil we have reached, is good, because it's the distressed ones of the people of evil that God has promised to remove the evil from.
There is a very important and significant distinction between hating yourself, and hating the wrong thing you did. So much so, that Christianity generally discourages suicide and self harm, and regards such acts as deeply immoral.
"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
