forgiveness

I hold grudges for a very very long time. I don't know if it's because I'm not a religious person, but it's nearly impossible for me to forgive those who have wronged me. It's not that I don't know the purpose of forgiveness. It doesn't mean you let the person get away with it. You forgive...

Those who have religion, are more or less devout and whose belief in an almighty god is solid, do they not get relief from however much guilt they might carry over any thing/number of things they did towards friends/family/collegues...? They honestly believe their god has forgiven them and how...

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=70402 Seems that Yoko wants us to have a day of forgiveness every year on the anniversary of John's murder. Well, except her, of course....she hasn't gotten to the point she can forigve John's murderer. As one blogger put it, "Day of Forgiveness, but...

A lot of people see the message of forgiveness as the summation of the new testament. I kind of think that is just cherrypicking WHat say you?

In a not-so stunning reversal of well-known foundational Christian precepts: So pay attention, children: It is against the law to upset Jesus. Turning the other cheek only applies when we want it to, and besides, who has any clue how much seventy times seven even is??? "Free will" means...

Something in the suicide thread got me thinking. Christians are always saying that you have to ask forgiveness before you die. My question is, why? If your soul survives after death, as Christians and others believe, then why cannot that soul ask forgiveness even when not attached to your...

I can imagine forgiving people for a great many transgressions. This is not one of them.

Here is one thing I don't understand. Many abolitionists claim, in the name of "humanity", that the death penalty should be abolished because we should learn to forgive crimes and not punish with "an eye for an eye", which is merely "revenge". I don't get either aqrgument. They both seem to me...