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We are Made for Compassion
Let’s not be naive. Compassion exists — yet, from both a close-up and a distant perspective, we witness a profound lack of it in the world. So, ‘made for Compassion,’ really? Also, ‘made for’ does not imply an intelligent designer who made us. That is unless you see an extremely long history of trial and Read the full article…