Saturnin Pawlus
Saturnin Pawlus voted up PJ Stein's answer
What advice or words of comfort would you offer to someone who is inconsolable about difficult and unfair experiences past and present with negative, lasting long-term effects that they feel were unnecessary?

I would ask them, "What are you going to do about it?" Everyone in the free world has a choice on how they are going to live. Some people chose to live the life of a victim. They are living in the pasrt and allowing people to continue to use them. They use the past … Read more

Saturnin Pawlus
Saturnin Pawlus voted up Pepper pot's answer
What advice or words of comfort would you offer to someone who is inconsolable about difficult and unfair experiences past and present with negative, lasting long-term effects that they feel were unnecessary?

I've had my fair share. I got my "go to" folder and have these sayings :-

If nothing changes then nothing changes.

I want to be all I am capable of becoming.

Make yourself the main character in your story.

Fall in love with the body you will be sleeping with for the rest of your … Read more

Saturnin Pawlus
Saturnin Pawlus voted up Call me Z's answer
Question for atheists: What comments do you have on the few religious miracles that have not been explained?

In general, events cited as "miracles" among religious folk are simply accepted by the devout because it suits the purpose of their faith or -more sinister- meets the agenda of priests and clerics who seek control over them.

There are countless events in human history that defy explanation, crediting favored claims to one's god for … Read more