{"id":31746,"date":"2015-10-24T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T14:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=31746"},"modified":"2017-01-18T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T09:58:32","slug":"%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-97-%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%aa-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%8b%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-97-%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%aa-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%8b%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d9%83%d9%81\/","title":{"rendered":"On life (97) \u2013 \u201dI\u2019m Not That Cruel\u201d \u2013 23\/10\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0Someone wrote, \u201cNowadays, if you ask a stone to become a human being, it will answer, \u2018Sorry, I am not that cruel!\u201d How hard the times when others are cruel to you are! Cruelty has many forms. Cruel people may use harsh words or negligence. They might abandon others at time of need, or hurt them physically. Cruelty is totally rejected for it is a type of murder, though man is not penalized for it. Gibran Khalil Gibran says, \u201cA murderer is penalized, whereas who kills the spirit remains unknown.\u201d Yet, God sees both, and will reward each according to his deeds: \u201cWith the measure you use, it will be measured to you–and even more.\u201d This is God\u2019s justice. Yet, He gives man chances to abandon cruelty.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Reasons of Cruelty<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0There are many reasons why man is cruel: Either that he went through hard situations, such as harshness of a parent or both. In effect, he decides to be cruel to others.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0There are also misconceptions which invade man\u2019s mind through unwise associates. Hence, he mixes cruelty with other attributes like firmness or guidance, without understanding their correct meaning and limits. Moreover, a person might abide by his friends faulty opinion that his cruelty testifies to his strength, in like manner Rehoboam, Solomon\u2019s son, who was asked by the people to be kind. Yet, having taken his unwise friends\u2019 opinion, he treated the people cruelly. Thus, the kingdom was divided, and only one tribe and a half followed him.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Cruel Words<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cruel words are quite painful, though there is no legal penalty for them. They kill sweet things within the listener\u2019s heart. Mostly, cruel words occur when man is angry. So, if you are agitated, beware your words. Do not accuse or insult anybody. Do not make any decisions, lest you regret them later. Some people say, \u201cWhen you are angry break anything except people\u2019s hearts. Words are so harsh that they might kill confidence, hope, or other things that can never be restored.\u201d Also, remember, if life is cruel to you, be merciful unto others. Whoever undergoes pain should help others avoid it, abiding by mercy which will help him before God on doomsday.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n

Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0Someone wrote, \u201cNowadays, if you ask a stone to become a human being, it will answer, \u2018Sorry, I am not that cruel!\u201d How hard the times when others are cruel to you are! Cruelty has many forms. Cruel people may use harsh words or negligence. They might abandon others at time of need, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[7395,6385,170,1007,7394],"class_list":["post-31746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-im-not-that-cruel","tag-youm7","tag-170","tag-1007","tag-7394"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42219,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31746\/revisions\/42219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}