L.E. Modesitt Jr.Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.
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Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality. It is a form of belief, not a form of logic. Hatred has no basis in reason and logic. When you love someone and hate someone, you do so because you believe that person will cause you grief or harm.
You believe they will bring pain and suffering into your life. The hatred is the emotion that drives those beliefs. So, if we hate those we do not love, we are operating out of an emotion that fuels our beliefs instead of reason and logic, as it should be.
Source: The Elysium Commission
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