Hello, dear reader! In this philosophical post, I want to discuss the phrase “You should love your enemy” that many religious people often use.

Should we?

The short answer is no, but it’s not as simple as it sounds.

The most important thing is that we should never do bad things to our enemies. Revenge is bad and only perpetuates evil. We should never answer evil with evil or hate our enemies or anyone else. Hating will never help you, just like revenge. It will only hurt you more.

What should we do then?

It depends on you and what the person did. You have to choose for yourself.

First, you can do something good for that person and show them kindness. Remember, evil will never help you, and maybe that person will change themselves. Remember to never hate!

The other option is to exclude that person from your life if you are able to and just forget them and never see them again. That works too.

Sometimes, your worst enemy can become your best friend.

Why is revenge never good?

Because revenge never helps anyone. It only perpetuates more pain and evil for more people. How do you think it will end? Do you think you will feel better?

For example, if you hurt someone as revenge, then they will hurt you as revenge, and the cycle will never end. It will never make you or that person happy.

Another thing, especially popular in movies, is when someone kills an important person to you, and you want to kill them in return. But ask yourself, do you really think it will help you? It won’t bring back that person to life. You will only do a very bad thing that will likely make things worse.

That is my opinion.

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