Desert Snake
Veteran Member
- The person has to be repentant
-Should always forgive
-It's up to the person whether thy want to forgive or not
-Should always forgive
-It's up to the person whether thy want to forgive or not
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Definition of forgiveness?
- Thread starter Desert Snake
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psychoslice
Veteran Member
Yes and that's the way it should be, forgiveness should never be forced on anyone, for then its no forgiveness.
I voted "Other". Forgiveness is a complicated thing, sometimes. Actually, it is very simple most of the time: A child steals a cookie, and after he is given a "time out", mom and/or dad forgive him or her. Your best friend calls you a bad name and then apologizes, and you forgive him or her. Very little things.
It gets more complicated if someone 1. Drives drunk and kills your entire family in a car accident. You know he didn't deliberately kill your family, but you have lost the dearest thing(s) in your life and people are supposed to know better than to drive drunk. 2. Someone kills your family in cold blood or harms a family member or a loved one.
The most complicated is the forgiving of some evil dictator who killed thousands or even millions of people, not directly, but through his leadership. Even if that dictator didn't kill your family member or even anyone you know, he or she committed a great crime against humanity.
It gets more complicated if someone 1. Drives drunk and kills your entire family in a car accident. You know he didn't deliberately kill your family, but you have lost the dearest thing(s) in your life and people are supposed to know better than to drive drunk. 2. Someone kills your family in cold blood or harms a family member or a loved one.
The most complicated is the forgiving of some evil dictator who killed thousands or even millions of people, not directly, but through his leadership. Even if that dictator didn't kill your family member or even anyone you know, he or she committed a great crime against humanity.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Forgiving is not necessarily forgetting. If you reach under a log and a snake bites you, then you have to forgive the snake for being what it is. But you sure as heck don't have to reach under the log again (and you can forgive as you lop off it's head).
I wouldn't even get angry at a snake; I'd be more angry at myself for being careless. I am talking about deliberate crimes like drunk driving and murder.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
You'd have to forgive yourself. Anger is a symptom of not forgiving. I'm not saying that you should condone or accept bad behavior, you just shouldn't allow it to destroy you. That's where forgiveness comes in.
I've always wondered why I have more trouble forgiving myself than anyone else.
