Re:John Sullivan resign as executive director of the Free So...
by orasis on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:03AM
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Forgiveness technically does NOT require those things. That’s the point. It’s fore-give-ness.
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Re:John Sullivan resign as executive director of the Free So...
by GTP on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:36AM
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But if you forget for a moment your semantic argument, you find that is actually very hard to forgive somebody that doesn't admit to have done something wrong.
Re:John Sullivan resign as executive director of the Free So...
by gimboland on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:42AM
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Yup — that basically requires extremely high levels of compassion and unconditional love, something we can all aspire to, but in reality and in general forgiveness tends to be conditional.
Re:John Sullivan resign as executive director of the Free So...
by orasis on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:27PM
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That is the entire point of the Christian practice of forgiveness. It is unconditional.
It is a practice, something you do in spite of it being challenging.
The practice itself is mostly for the forgiver, not the forgiven. Try it and watch your heart soften and open.