Tag: righteous anger

Today Spokane Faith & Values held its eighth Coffee Talk, this time at Indaba Coffee.

About 20 people attended the discussion, which focused on righteous anger, being nice and behavior.

As people of faith, is it OK to be mad at times? Anger seems to contradict our behavioral expectations. Does being nice equate being good?

Join us at Indaba Coffee at 10 a.m. Aug. 3 for our next Coffee Talk

From a Buddhist perspective, I could keep this short and sweet, and regurgitate the words that “righteous anger” is part of the “three poisons” in Buddhism — greed, hatred, and ignorance —end of conversation.

A great many Jews, religious and secular alike, feel inspired by the Jewish concept of tikkun olam: our collective duty to help heal the world. Like many other progressive concepts, tikkun olam can easily be caricatured as a “nice” thing to do rather than a good thing. Awww, those B’nai Mitzvah students are picking up litter in the park — isn’t that nice! In this formulation, “nice” is code for gestural, temporary and ultimately ineffectual.

At 10 a.m. on Aug. 3 Spokane Faith & Values panelists will discuss righteous anger.

As people of faith, is it OK to be mad at times?