I try to separate religion and politics now. I try not to hate. You know, hate is like drinking poison and waiting for your enemy to die. I think that was from some game on PlayStation or something. In the middle of the game, one of the characters said it. I like that idea. You can really understand the meaning of that sentence. Much clearer than when someone says you have to forgive, period. You forgive other people for your own benefit as well, or maybe even mostly for your own benefit. There’s a hadith, I think, that says that you should forgive every night before you go to bed because it
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