Have you ever forgiven someone? If so, who needs God to forgive a second time?

Discussion in 'Religion Archives' started by Greatest I am, Jan 3, 2013.

  1. Greatest I am Valued Senior Member

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    Have you ever forgiven someone? If so, who needs God to forgive a second time?

    It is to the one sinned against to have the first right of forgiving when forgiving is possible. That would be most sins and crimes save murder.

    I have had the pleasure to forgive on a few occasions. I will assume here that you have also forgiven someone at some point in your life. I have had that pleasure after the pain and hope you have as well. I have stepped up to ask for forgiveness as well after sinning against someone and am thankful that people can and do forgive. This benefit I also hope you have enjoyed.

    Our consciousness and ego are what we use to judge what should be forgiven. If we lose that ability to judge or if it is usurped, damage is done to our consciousness and ego. It would negate intelligent use of our freedom of choice. It would negate our free will and deny us closure.

    The Government has taken our freedom of the body from us with various restrictions. Everything from what we consume to our right to die with dignity. God has taken our freedom of choice after death from us with his judgement. Jesus has taken our freedom to face our accuser from us by saying --- only through me --- as our only judge.

    These usurping of your free will to forgive means that you could never get closure from offence and hurt.
    That would make Jesus as big of a disgrace as his father in ignoring our free willed choices. People judge constantly. We cannot help but to do so. To have our judgements usurped or ignored shows a flaw in the justice system you follow, be it secular or religious.

    The God of the Jews who evolved to be the Christian God had a different view of forgiveness than Jesus had even though Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi. Jesus as God would be from the Christian perspective. Not the Jewish one that has the majority of Jews as never accepting Jesus as their messiah. The claims to judging and Jesus’ status, or not, --- as a messiah--- needs not be discussed in this O P.

    “Jewish belief states that G-d doesn't forgive our sins against others until we ask and receive forgiveness directly from the person we wronged.”

    “In Judaism, the acts of repentance and forgiveness are inextricably linked, and we must never let our anger toward others cause us to lose sight of self-reflection and cleansing.”

    http://www.thepowerofforgiveness.com/pdf/A_Jewish_Perspective_on_Forgiveness.pdf

    Did Christianity and their version of the Jewish God usurp your power and benefits of forgiving?
    Does that negate your free will, and your right to forgive?

    Regards
    DL
     
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  3. Balerion Banned Banned

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    Christ, I thought this was over with...
     
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  5. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    Nope, this will continue to Judgment Day. Yeehaw!
     
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  7. Balerion Banned Banned

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    Well, as long as there's an end in sight...
     
  8. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    By then it will be too late.
     

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