Do you have a "right" to be angry?

Question

For anything.

Anger is a valid emotion - that is common knowledge... yet do we have a "right" to embrace it?
Do you feel that it is valid to act on your anger?

Dear "use me 4 great works" - you couldn't be more wrong dear.
Would that you get to know me alittle better. :)
I truly pray that He does indeed use you for great works... :)

no worries at all "use me". you don't allow email, so I had to post here... feel free to add me as a contact, and please go back and answer my q's. I would love to hear the opinion of a solid believer in Christ.

Answer 1

Hello my sweet "Rammie",

I answered your question before you asked it. And, boy am I "angry" that you didn't read that answer to your previous question. --- Just kidding doll. -- You could step on my blue suede shoes, and I wouldn't get angry at you.

Ergo - Love conquers anger.

edit: Was Jesus ever angry, or did people write things about what he did, and then we who are prone or vulnerable to anger interpret that Jesus was angry at the money changers?

Jesus showed who he was on the cross. Was he angry at those who had tortured him, and were in the process of strangling him by crucifixion? Did Jesus blame those who had hurt him? Contraire, he was pulling for their health and happiness right up until his last breath. His penultimate final words were, "Forgive them Father , for they know not what they do."

Answer 2

There seems to be a confusion here, between anger and one of it's daughters, WRATH. 'Anger', simply put, is a built up charge of stored energy ('spirit' if you like that term better). It is a state of internal sress /strain, and can be accumulated and discharged in many different ways. Just eating food and getting rest makes us 'angry'. Now, how we use that energy is the real key: do we use it productively, or destructively? do we use it orderly, or without regulation? This is where the two daughters are born: 'Work', and 'Wrath'. But what about the person that knows about these, and is deliberately frustrated by others? Then they cannot discharge their energy effectively, and eventually they explode in an uncontrollable fit of rage...WRATH! Can we always blame someone for not being able to contain their spirit? Do we look down on them and say they are not showing the 'fruit' of the Spirit? How much can a person take, before they vent that spirit? Intentionally frustrating someone is a sin, but the Holy Spirit knows when someone does this, and will adjudicate accordingly, and intercede for the victims of such crimes. This sin has a modern legal name: psycological abuse. It is very real, and is now recognized in court as a prosecutable crime, especially in marital divorce proceedings. Proving it can be difficult, however, and reliable witnesses are needed along with proper documentation.
As far as 'acting' on anger, it is not only valid, it is absolutely necessary! For if the anger is not discharged, it will eventually find it's way out. The container will overheat and explode or melt down, and self-destruct.
When someone deliberately frustrates me at work, I must step out and try to look at their motives for doing so... are they ignorant of it, or is it deliberate? Anyone that deliberately goads me for the purpose of increasing my production will pay the price: I tend to get upset and lose my mental capacity, and make costly mistakes. While they might say it is my fault, it is still their own money that is lost! (It can't continue forever...) Pharoah was doing the same thing to Moses and the Israelites...just look at the result!

Answer 3

I do not know if it is a matter of rights.

You just are angry when you are angry. In the same way that you are just happy when you are happy or sad when you are sad...noone ever asks if you have a right to be sad......

The thing is if you are angry you do have to admit it to yourself - to ignore it does not work in the long run.

Many people seem to think that to admit you are angry & to accept that you are angry is the same as acting in certain ways.
Being angry is just what it is, an emotion, however, your actions when you are angry are within your control.

We never have a 'right' to treat other peope in certain ways just becuase we are angry. It is ok to be angry it is not ok to scream & shout & be abusive to other people when we are angry. There is a difference between the actions and the emotions though. That is the part that I think many people miss.

There are other ways to deal with anger - I am not too great at many of them myself though......generally calm,ly telling someone you are angy & then going away & trying to figure out exactly what made you angry then, when you have calmed down a little talking to the person about it but being honest with them & yourself.......this is all really hard & screaming & shouting is often much more satisfying and easier than trying to figure out if the other person really meant to hurt you (or to do whatever they did to make you angry)....most of us do not have the maturity to do this.......

Anger is one of the hardest emotions to deal with.......

Answer 4

It's okay to acknowledge it and admit it's there, but you have to be careful how you act on it. If you harm anyone verbally, emotionally or physically in the process of acting upon it, then that is wrong. It's better to channel it into something positive like exercise, work or getting involved in a cause that may actually do something about whatever it is that makes you angry. If nothing else, you can punch a punching bag until you exhaust your anger.

Answer 5

Yes. Jesus was angry at times and acted on the emotion..The Apostle Paul was angry at times and acted on the emotion,as well. The Bible states to be angry and sin not.
There is a righteous anger that should be externalized..

Internalizing any anger for a long period,however is dangerous to one's health both spiritual and natural.
The Bible also says to not let the sun go down,with anger in your heart.

Answer 6

Yes. But we have to be careful how we express that anger. And there is a difference between righteous anger, and self-righteous anger. We should be sure to consider the consequences of things said or done in anger--they usually lead to regret at the very least, and have the potential to be very destructive--to ourselves as well as to others.
I don't think we have a "right" to embrace it, but we do have a right to express it.

Answer 7

Yes, we DO have a right to be angry. And we even have the right to express that anger, as long as it is appropriate and in DIRECT proportion to the action that produced the anger within us. However, some folks, LIVE their whole lives in anger and THAT is overreaction to the anger stimulus. THAT sort of anger we have NO right to, as it produces hatred, which we absolutely have NO right to at all.

BB,
Raji the Green Witch

Answer 8

Good question! The emotion anger is justified torwards sin. If someone sins you may have the right to be angry....but anger can easily lead to sin...i.e. a fight, judging someone, screaming, or whatever. I don't think anger is wrong in itself, however, I feel acting out in that anger would be wrong.

Answer 9

I think that getting angry is natural but acting on it is inmature and solves nothing but more pain and suffering. Taking the higher ground, you will come out ahead in the end. My humble opinion. Acting on anger only makes matters worse.

Answer 10

Yes, because sometimes it is needed. Anger is a natural reaction to being hurt or wronged. Its your minds way of telling you to act and do something about it.

Its all in how you handle that emotion, whether positively or negatively.