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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Apr 14, 2021 7:32:07 GMT
Here is a secular humanist's view of Christian forgiveness. A young, beautiful girl is mercilessly stalked and raped by a sadistic rapist who maims his victims and brands them on the face so his mark on their lives will always be visible. This girl becomes pregnant from the rape, and gives birth to the rapist's child, who has, possibly, a genetic tendency towards violence. The young girl is shunned by the surrounding community, and her child grows up troubled. She never marries, because no man would want to help raise a rapist's child, or a maimed person. Her life has been changed forever, irrevocably, and not for the good. So the rapist is caught, given the death sentence, and after protracted legal battles, is finally preparing for his execution. The prison minister talks to him, as they all do in these cases, and the rapist breaks down in tears, sorry for the harm he has done, and asks God's forgiveness. In theory, God would accept a truly repentant confession and request for forgiveness, so the rapist is saved and goes to Heaven after death. I wonder what that girl would think about God forgiving what was done to HER? She has always said that she knows he will burn in Hell for what he did to her, and to other women. Does she get a say in it, or are her feelings disregarded by God? Does that sound like justice? Perhaps the basic idea here is that when you forgive someone, you do so more for yourself than the one you're forgiving. Alanis Morisette wrote a beautiful song about it called "This Grudge." Give it a listen. Nice thought, but I don't forgive the person who harmed me. Not comfortable with discussing details, just take my word for it, the person was/still is a monster. And a card-carrying Christian to boot.
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Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2021 7:53:39 GMT
Perhaps the basic idea here is that when you forgive someone, you do so more for yourself than the one you're forgiving. Alanis Morisette wrote a beautiful song about it called "This Grudge." Give it a listen. Nice thought, but I don't forgive the person who harmed me. Not comfortable with discussing details, just take my word for it, the person was/still is a monster. And a card-carrying Christian to boot. No one said it was easy. But I get it. Sometimes it's the wind in our sails.
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