tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post4688973807393200955..comments2023-11-11T21:26:46.689+00:00Comments on This Side of Sunday: The Travesty of Blanket ForgivenessJon Couttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-49328955471995516972014-04-02T19:16:08.719+01:002014-04-02T19:16:08.719+01:00Thank you for writing this. Blanket forgiveness, a...Thank you for writing this. Blanket forgiveness, as well as the demand for it, is certainly a travesty.<br />Tricia Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796811660997313891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-24875496764938549262014-04-02T17:33:27.301+01:002014-04-02T17:33:27.301+01:00Thank you for your article.
I feel like I have ha...Thank you for your article. <br />I feel like I have had this 'forgiveness thing' crammed down my throat forever. I have spent years trying to forgive. When a child is abused, it can cause PTSD, depression, difficulty in relationships, and etc. These conditions can and will affect their relationships and their own feelings of self worth. I know that as a child in church, I was not concerned about my abusers forgiveness, I was wondering what I did wrong to deserve so much pain and suffering. I felt unworthy of God's love, because I was unworthy of my mother's love. <br />What bother's me so is that I am made to look like the 'bad' person if I don't choose to forgive. There was no repentance or asking for forgiveness and now my mom is dead. What if I don't choose to forgive? I don't know that God demands that of me.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-86233517488267732342007-09-20T22:40:00.000+01:002007-09-20T22:40:00.000+01:00I strongly recommend checking out the latest issue...I strongly recommend checking out the latest issue of Faith Today in which one of my profs has an article entitled "Should We Forgive Those Who Show No Repentance?" It is apparently garnering considerable mail. I suppose because there is something very important we want to preserve about being a "forgiving" (and unjudgmental) people, even while we seek a more complex understanding of what that forgiveness is. Fair enough, but the blanket forgiveness thing has caused a world of hurt and needs to be refined. So I applaud the discussion.Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-18686065493923748222007-09-20T21:01:00.000+01:002007-09-20T21:01:00.000+01:00yes, but do you keep putting yourself in harm's wa...yes, but do you keep putting yourself in harm's way? And what if the wrongdoing is hurting others? What do you say? I can offer them God's forgivness and I can decide not to judge them or pretend to be an greater, but what about justice? Blanket forgiveness for anyone who wants it doesn't deal honestly enough with the cry for justice.Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-53616446258814615432007-09-20T17:08:00.000+01:002007-09-20T17:08:00.000+01:00Confront it once and if no apology is forthcoming,...Confront it once and if no apology is forthcoming, still forgive.Tony Tantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619319927519736211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-1767114194651404932007-09-20T16:24:00.000+01:002007-09-20T16:24:00.000+01:00Yes, but does forgiveness just pretend it never ha...Yes, but does forgiveness just pretend it never happened or does it actually confront wrongdoing?Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-17613335586838880782007-09-19T18:45:00.000+01:002007-09-19T18:45:00.000+01:00Great insight Jon. I assume you're speaking here ...Great insight Jon. I assume you're speaking here about believers forgiving and being forgiven by other believers in the context of the body of Christ. If so I agree completely though the line between accountability and holding a grudge is a thin one and I suspect it is the reason most churches don't meet this head on.<BR/><BR/>What about the forgiveness by a believer of those who aren't? I've always believed, and still do, that I need to forgive others regardless of whether they deserve or if they've even asked for it. This for the simple reason that I don't deserve the forgiveness I've received.Tony Tantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619319927519736211noreply@blogger.com