AS HE WAS KILLED BY THE ENEMY IS IT
HATRED
REVENGE
OR BIDE MY TIME
OR LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE
2007-01-22 04:37:28 · 16 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
an eye for an eye but they will get their comeuppance
2007-01-22 04:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by heathen_mum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forgiving a killer does not mean letting that person off the hook or pretending the act never occurred. Forgiveness is when you are able to release the emotions surrounding the person and act from the hold they have over you. It is a step towards peace, but it doesn't mean justice (NOT revenge) cannot be had. It is also something that can take a lifetime.
2007-01-22 12:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lack of forgiveness creates in a person a root of bitterness that will invade, grow and devour your own life and therefore, your mate's killer has become your killer as well. Do you want to become a victim of this killer as well? I think not.
Do yourself well to forgive, knowing that a person with so much hatred and ugliness in their life as to kill another person is suffering a life of total and complete darkness. "Vengeance is mine, says the Lord!" Let God deal with that person, while you move on and live and honor your loved one by finding joy beyond this sorrow-filled season of your life.
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Dierdra: (below)
That was a beautiful example of how and why to actually forgive. You really made it a possibility when forgiving can seem so very impossible.
2007-01-22 12:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've got little information here.
The point is that forgiveness is not excusing the behavior or actions of another. It is simply refusing to allow that anger to consume you.
Forgiving a person does not absolve them of responsibility for their actions. Nor does it mean that you shall at some future point trust them.
Forgiveness is an act of letting go. It is a refusal to be ruled by your own anger toward another. If you decide that you no longer wish to be consumed by your anger toward another, you forgive (not forget). When the anger arises, you remember that you no longer wish to entertain it. You let the feelings pass. You may do these things by praying with good intent for the other person. You may break patterns of hateful acts toward them. You don't need to hug them or invite them to your home. You simply find ways to let go of the anger.
2007-01-22 12:44:55 · answer #4 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Forgiving is better......by killing your enemy, you might kill another persons mate of 52 years maybe.....who may wanna avenge his/her mate too.....killing is a vicious cycle...it takes a real man/woman to stop that cycle.....you could even say you would be a God like of sorts.....look at the israeli and palestinian conflict.....mates keep dying everyday....there is revenge every day...unless a hero emerges.....to forgive is NOT cowardly......it takes more to forgive than kill...almost God like...
2007-01-22 12:47:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your friend is gone, revenge is not going to bring him back. Why do something that is going to ruin your life and won't get you any where in the long run? You don't have to forgive them, make your peace with whats happened and move on what goes around come around and they will get theirs.
2007-01-22 12:45:02 · answer #6 · answered by Smoochy Poochy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you should forgive
2007-01-22 12:42:53 · answer #7 · answered by Dumboo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forgive they will taste punishment eventually
murder is a big sin
2007-01-22 14:24:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should forgive. Anger will only damage you.
2007-01-22 12:41:40 · answer #9 · answered by Spiny Norman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do what it takes to make u feel better!
just dont do something thatrs going to mess your life up. personally if this is a serious question i would look into getting councelling.
2007-01-22 12:40:35 · answer #10 · answered by kiki_dees 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋