Anywhere where the humanity of people is undermined, anywhere where people are left in the dust, there we will find our cause.

You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

Forgiving is good for your health.

There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.

Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.

To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest good.

I don't know any religion that promotes violence. It is the adherents of whatever religion.