If someone sins against me, presumably I feel hurt in some way, and I REALLY resent the idea that GOD can forgive the perpetrator and absolve that sin!
If you hurt ME, it's ME you should come to to make amends and ask MY forgiveness! And until you do so, if I am still hurting, you should still have it on your conscience!!!
Do you think its right that God should assume to forgive on my behalf, or that perpetrators of sins can only be forgiven by their victims?
2006-09-03 05:26:02 · 36 answers · asked by rose_lin_uk 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
so you wont feel so guilty
2006-09-03 05:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think the answer might depend on which god (or God) you worship. The person that sins against you might not realise that his/her attitude makes you feel that you've feel sinned against. I think most mainstream religions allow their god to forgive sins because most humans don't have the capacity to accept an apology from the sinner, especially if it's for something really serious or bad.
If you are a religious person,you can always rely on your god to do what is right for you.........if you are a non-believer, then it's down to you, in your heart to forgive the sinner....and if there's any other supreme being looking out for us poor humans, I assume he/she/it would help out with the forgiving.
2006-09-03 05:42:17 · answer #2 · answered by reader19492003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.
If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't perfect.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.
First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.
How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work?
It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.
One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.
Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.
If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.
If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.
How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.
Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.
If this is the case then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.
How likely is that????
Think about it.
The idea of sin is simple nonsense; a lie made up about God by religion.
Love and blessings
don
Source --- Course in miracles
2006-09-04 01:53:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What constitutes a sin?
If I am selfish or in the wrong, I always apologise - but I wouldn't term it sinning.
It really is up to an individual. On holiday I have a two friends who goes to confession or mass wherever they are. I don't because I'm not Catholic and don't feel the need to ask God for any forgiveness.
If someone hurt me in any way, I would come right out and tell them I wanted an apology.
2006-09-03 05:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by pinkbarca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me you have been harbouring some serious agression against someone. If a person does something to you personally and asks gods forgiveness then God will forgive that person. Now that does not mean that person is forgiven in your eyes but the bible does say to forgive others there trespasses as you are forgiven yours. If you have never sinned against someone, and I find that highly unlikely, then you can feel justified I suppose in being bitter about that person not asking you to forgive them. But remember life is way too short to carry around excess baggage. Let it go! Make peace with them on your terms. A grudge is one of the heaviest things to carry. Why let it weigh down your life. Not only that but by continuing to be angry about something, you have let the other person win because they still control your emotions.
2006-09-03 05:33:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, I don't really believe in sins. I do believe in right and wrong, and that people can, either purposefully or by accident, hurt other people.
I think that anyone who knowingly hurts someone else should ask the victim for forgiveness. However, there are many many times when we are wounded, and our wounds are never visible and are not seen by the person who wounded us. In those situations, I think it's more a matter of knowing the person didn't mean it, and letting it go.
2006-09-03 06:42:20 · answer #6 · answered by Moxie1313 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know about what other religions say about that but i know in Islam there are 2 types of sins : 1- sin against god ( Allah) like adultery, drinking , ling , not praying or anything that's related to Islamic obligations about those Allah can forgive u if u asked for his forgiveness .
2- the second type is sins against people ( whether they were Muslims or non Muslims) like stealing , talking bad behind someones back, cheating or any thing that hurt someone , u can ask Allah to forgive u until u ask the one who is hurt to forgive u first ( its Islamic rule ) and if that one u hurt dead before u apologize u should try to make up to his family or do charity under his name
people`s right should be regained first then ask for Allah forgiveness
what i have just mentioned its called repentance conditions ( shroot AL tawba )
i hope that answered Ur question
2006-09-03 05:36:55 · answer #7 · answered by SARAH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone hurts you, it would be best if they apologized and atoned to you for their actions. People can sometimes feel like god understands their own internal dialog and can see that his course of action was correct or at least understandable and that helps him to feel better about it. If this person cares for you they will try to explain it to you and help you feel better - but if they don't care (and hurting you could be a sign that they don't care) then they are not likely to check back and see if you are ok or anything.
How about you? Have you ever done someone wrong, then asked god for fogiveness but never faced the person again? I did. I was joking around with a girlfriend, acting like I was gonna pour rubber cement on her head (we were in high school) and it came out a lot faster than I thought it would. There she was covered in rubber cement. Man I felt bad but what could I do. What could I possibly say that would ever make up for such a silly inconsiderate thing? I don't think we ever spoke again - but I have asked the higher powers to help me forgive myself over it. You know what I mean?
Peace!
2006-09-03 05:36:45 · answer #8 · answered by carole 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You ask for forgiveness the person you've hurt, but first you ask God how to deal with that GOD is giving us the wisdom we all need, then you go to the priest and say what you did , this is called the confession before you take the Holy Communion (in the Orthodox church).
Pray for God's help, you really need it because proud it's too high in you ( i was a very proud person...and i still am sometimes but i'm asking God to help me ...a child of God is not proud...so i would like to get rid of it (may God help us all that need to get rid of it!)
we, as Christians must forgive if we want to be forgiven...
2006-09-03 05:51:44 · answer #9 · answered by MV 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone has hurt you and is truly repentant then they will come to you any way and ask your forgiveness. If they ask God to forgive and not you, then they are cowards and I'm not sure how God will handle. I don't know where but somewhere in the bible there is something that goes like this (I'm paraphrasing here). If you go to the altar with anger in your heart against a brother (or sister) leave the altar and make peace before you come to the altar before God.
So you see, God has thought of your situation and has addressed it in the bible.
2006-09-03 05:42:44 · answer #10 · answered by Kathie Emmanuelite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Myself and you, either face to face or in a letter, which ever is safer
and if you believe in god, then also ask god for forgiveness and also the person you sinned against
You should forgive the other person, but you may not forget forget it
Remember when someone harms you its not their hart that hurts its yours and the best way to feel relived is to forgive,
2006-09-03 05:33:28 · answer #11 · answered by man of ape 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋