2007-08-23 02:42:49 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
we are called to forgive everyone. including those who have hurt us.
Forgiveness is an act not a feeling. Pope John Paul II forgave the man who tried to kill him. It would be hard, but I would try to forgive the man.
I have read about this happening all the time in the local paper. (Granted I live in the bible belt)
2007-08-23 02:54:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common sense tells us it's alright to hate someone who has murdered a loved one.
Sure there are some who can "forgive", because they're "forgive and forget christians"....
What they've managed to do is suppress the part of all of us that allows us to feel anger towards another person who has done us wrong, in this case in the worst way possible.
I dont' know whether or not I admire these people for their ability to forgive and forget...or if I just think they're crazy for suppressing a natural part of themselves.
2007-08-23 02:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by Adam G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone murdered ANY of my loved ones, I think that religion would be the last thing on my mind. And there's no way I'd be able to basically say "it's ok, no worries" to the retard who killed my family. Personally, I don't think anyone in their right mind would. Maybe they would if they didn't care or if they weren't close to their family but other than that, no way.
2007-08-23 02:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by FOAMY! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well a convicted felon well face the law you know but i wouldn't forgive him/her ...i would try to move on and stop thinking about it and pray to god that's all but deep down i'm sure i won't be forgivable only patient and wise!
2007-08-23 05:46:37 · answer #4 · answered by RoChEr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion or no, it's essential to forgive in order to heal and move on. Forgiveness doesn't mean we forget. We can't unknow what we know, but to live fully after such tragedy, we have to let go of hatred, anger, and bitterness, or it will consume us, there will be two murders, and our loved one would grieve to know losing him destroyed us as well.
More subtle and insidious are those who destroy without killing physically. We forget them, and there are far more of them.
2007-08-23 02:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by jaicee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be extremely difficult, but it is possible.
Forgiveness isn't forgetting the past. Forgiveness isn't going to their house and being best buds forever after. Forgiveness is simply a decision to love that person (if only in a strictly philosophical sense- wanting what's best for that person) and refusing to harbor a grudge.
2007-08-23 02:48:50 · answer #6 · answered by csbp029 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If YOU murdered someone, and you were truly sorry for what you had done, would your prayer be that the family would forgive YOU?
Then if they are truly sorry, you need to forgive THEM.
Be not deceived, God is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
2007-08-24 05:16:06 · answer #7 · answered by NC_Pianist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be the hardest thing in the world to do, and it would take time, but I hope and pray I would come to that decision if I ever have to face it.
That doesn't mean I won't make sure they are punished by the fullest extent of the law, though.
2007-08-23 03:01:34 · answer #8 · answered by capitalctu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might take a long time. It might not even happen in this particular lifetime, but I would hope at some point to find enough grace and courage to do it. This has nothing to do with religion. I am responsible for what I think and what I do.
2007-08-23 03:00:41 · answer #9 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On religious grounds? No.
On biblical grounds, yes. It would definitely take time. As long as he/she didn't want me to come see them, it could be possible.
2007-08-23 02:59:55 · answer #10 · answered by RIFF 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋