If you were responsible for thousands of deaths, do you think you deserve forgiveness? Why?

Question

I asked this question because people are quick to pass judgement on other people.

Answer 1

I'm not sure what ypu are referring to...but I don't believe you have to forgive someone unless they ask for it. And are truly sorry for their mistake.

Answer 2

If thousands of deaths were caused delibrately then it would be difficult to forgive. I don't think anyone forgive Hitler for starting WW2. Hiroshima nad Nagasaki are another case in point. Around 140000 people died in the attacks but they ended the war, otherwise the Allies would have had to invade Japan and many more civilians and soldiers would have lost their lives. More Japanese died in bombing attacks than anything else.

Answer 3

it really depends on the situation. if it was done intentionally then no. but lets say you are a diabetic and fall into a coma while driving on a busy freeway causing the biggest pileup ever and many are killed. or lets say you are a soldier with orders to bomb a certain building that is a hideout for the enemy and many civilians are kill, it is not his fault that the coward choose to hide behind the Innocent he did not put them in harms way their fellow country men did that. yes you deserve forgiveness its all in the situation

Answer 4

I wouldn't know. I'd leave it up to the judge to decide.
If you've done a mistake, correct it, and if not given a chance to do so...get over it. If you have done something wrong be ready to take the blame and suffer the concequence or just don't do it in the first place. That's what i believe.

I'm sure in whose refernce you ask this question. But, if it is Sadam Hussain, in my opinion he deserved a life-sentece in a closed completely isolated prison, with very little to eat. But it's not me behind the desk. The iraqi judge make a decision, its about time people respected the system they themselves devised.

Answer 5

No, you don't deserve forgiveness, especially if you don't ask for forgiveness.
There are two kinds of forgiveness. One is to not punish the offender, not hold him to account.
The other kind is not to stay angry.
You don't have to be angry to hold a person accountable, or impose a punishment.
Although anger is the normal and healthy response to evil, it is not healthy to let your life be consumed with anger. This is why, for their own good, many victims of injustice choose to forgive in this sense.

Answer 6

If I accidentally killed thousands of people - yes I would like to think I would be forgiven because it wasn't done intentionally.

If I purposely killed thousands of people I wouldn't expect to be forgiven because taking the life of another is an ultimate sin.

Hope that's answered your question

UK

Answer 7

It depends on the definition of responsibility and your intentions and purposes.Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs killed in 1945 ww2 thousonds of civilian Japanes people,but was the reason of ending the war and achieving the peace. I think if you the one who did it , YES you deserve forgiveness.

Answer 8

There is no reason for one person to kill thousands...such as Hilter....Saddam........as far as the US (Bush) I consider that situation different....the people we fight there hate us and are a threat to US we can not take a crazy man lightly and he has attacked the US we have let our guard down before and we were attacked once again.

Answer 9

If the deaths were unintentional, as in the result of an accident, then yes. If they were caused with deliberate intent, then no.

Answer 10

NO, Saddam didn't deserve forgiveness.....He got exactly what he deserved.....One thing though....He killed over a million people not thousands.