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Coffee Talk: Righteous Anger
In August SpokaneFAVS organized a Coffee Talk discussion on Righteous Anger.
Read More »Thanks for a great August Coffee Talk!
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.
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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
Read More »Righteous anger
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.
Read More »Tikkun olam and righteous anger
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.
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