How does one teach forgiveness to someone who does not understand the idea of forgiveness?

Answer 1

assuming it is an adult (based on the fact that it is above a childs ability) you would remind them that they make mistakes too and ask them what it would feel like if people refused to forgive them.

mistakes are made by everyone and no one wants a mistake to be permanent. the goal is to learn from a mistake so that you dont continue to make them. if the person has corrected their mistake and learned from it then the action is in the past and that person has confessed to being wrong. at that point the act of correcting the mistake should warrant forgiveness knowing that the person cant take back the act but regrets it having happened.

HOWEVER, if a person has hurt this person and has not learned from their mistake and continues to hurt this person then forgiveness isnt in order. this is because the action has not stopped and the no one has claimed a wrong doing and asked for forgiveness. you cant ask someone to forgive something that continues to happen because that is not forgiveness that is asking them to accept abuse and do it willingly

Answer 2

This has to be the most difficult question of the day.The way I would explain this to someone is ask them Have you ever hurt someone?If the answer truthfully they will say yes.After they say yes.Say to them Did this person feel badly towards you or hold a grudge against you?And if they say yes tell them How would you feel if they came to you and said they are sorry for felling badly towards you.I forgive you.That is the only way I could answer this question.Good Job on asking an extremely difficult question.

Answer 3

Forgiveness is a religious concept which forces us to do abstraction of our inner instinct.
It goes allong with all other religious concepts that encourage us to believe in things that go against human nature. These concepts were set in place by human beings who seek control over other human beings by substituting themselves to mother nature.
We should never forgive. We should instead understand a situation which leads to the prejudism. Understanding requires reasoning and logic. It forces us to seek a solution to a problem which is at the source of the prejudism instead of leaving into the hands of some alledged superpower.

Answer 4

you cant teach forgivness. If someone does not understand the idea of forgiveness then they must not be able to forgive them selves either.

Answer 5

Forgive them

Answer 6

If the person has just never experienced it, offering your own forgiveness to them is a good start.

However, some people cannot understand forgiveness because they are narcissistic - completely focused on their own needs. If this is the case, give it up.

Answer 7

Forgiveness means that you do not want any further harm to come to the person who mistreated you. Look to the Amish whose children were murdered for an example.
On the other hand, we do not need to forget and we do not need to permit the person to be left in a position to violate the rights of others. Prison prevents further abuse. If prisoners reformed then prison wouldn't be so bad.

Answer 8

It's easy really.

Explain to them a situation where they hurt or offended someone. Then tell them that the person who they hurt or offended said that they're OK with it and don't hold a grudge against them. That's forgiveness.

Answer 9

One can never teach forgiveness, one can only forgive no strings attached

Answer 10

By forgiving them.