no1tovote4
Gold Member
USViking said:Explain how the statute is exempted from your
apparently unconditional moral stance that all
criminals should be forgiven.
Once again you have confused forgiven with absolved. That I personally would forgive somebody does not absolve them of responsibility for their actions it simply frees me to move on without hatred.
You seem to mean "forgiveness" in the very
restricted sense of not personally resenting.
In the meaning of releasing my hatred, yes. In the meaning of absolving them of responsibility, the two do not coincide in my opinion.
What test? It was a statement. I believe that absolution is not the same thing as forgiveness.I think there are few if any people who could
live up to this test, and I do not see the benefit
to those who might live up to it. Can you do
any better than "karma"?
Can I do better than Karma? Probably not, in any case the end result is they are dead and I can choose to go on with my life or keep reliving a moment so that I can hate them.
Those that are Christians would believe that they would be sent to hell, those that are Jews would believe that they would go to Sheol, I believe that they would be reborn in punishment. Those that are atheists might believe that they are simply ended. In none of those things is found a way in which continued hatred serves me.