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To: piusv
If my husband cheats and I become angry, he is not responsible for my anger?

That's right. He's responsible for his adultery and any additional harms, but he's not responsible for your emotions.

He is completely blameless?

Nope, he's committed a serious sin. However, that doesn't give him responsibility for your emotions. Other people cannot "make you" experience an emotion. The emotional state exists, and the person experiencing it has to own it and address it, or that person is stuck.

This is not, of course, everyone's view of life, but to me, it has obvious survival benefits.

53 posted on 08/09/2013 3:24:09 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Ask me about the Weiner Wager. Support Free Republic!)
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To: Tax-chick

But no one is saying the Pope is directly responsible for the “emotions”. They are talking about the other things he has done/not done that caused the emotions. I’m finding it hard to believe that posters don’t get this. They would much rather blame the trads for it all.

Silly trads, getting all unsettled and stuff.


55 posted on 08/09/2013 5:53:06 AM PDT by piusv
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