{"id":29983,"date":"2015-04-29T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=29983"},"modified":"2015-04-29T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T14:30:23","slug":"a-right-to-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/04\/a-right-to-be-free.html","title":{"rendered":"A Right To Be Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29984\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2015\/04\/I-have-the-human-right-to-be-free-Eva-Kor-1024x576.png\" alt=\"I have the human right to be free Eva Kor\" width=\"467\" height=\"263\"><\/p>\n<p>The quote from Holocaust survivor Eva Kor comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/wishtv.com\/2015\/04\/28\/he-was-no-longer-a-nazi-guard-the-hug-seen-around-the-world\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an article on the WISH TV website<\/a>, about Kor\u2019s experience when she came face to face with former Nazi guard Oskar Groening. Kor lives in Indiana and runs the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Candles Holocaust Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forgiveness is sometimes the biggest victory that a person can win over someone who did them harm, because\u00a0hatred punishes and inflicts pain on\u00a0oneself\u00a0more than them.<\/p>\n<p>Forgiveness means not letting the person who hurt you go on hurting you.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quote from Holocaust survivor Eva Kor comes from an article on the WISH TV website, about Kor\u2019s experience when she came face to face with former Nazi guard Oskar Groening. Kor lives in Indiana and runs the Candles Holocaust Museum. 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