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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

BlueKota

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3. That is amazing that some people can do that.

Reply to surfered (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 07:59 PM

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One of the local priests told me years ago it's okay to experience emotions, including anger and even hate sometimes. He said he believed God understands those feelings are part of being human. He said as long as you never do anything to act on them, he thinks it is okay. The priest said if I worried so much about whether or not, I was pleasing God, he very much doubted that God would be upset with me. He said it's the one's who don't worry about it, that might have an issue.

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