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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: LLCF who wrote (27383)	9/29/2009 9:42:34 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 28931

I have acquaintances who lived in the Columbine school district at the time of the mass murder. Every time I see that famous passage about Jesus and the adulteress come up it brings that memory back. Mainstream Christianity has a flawed perception of that passage. One where forgiveness is a done deal somehow because of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. Forgiveness in the human sense is a choice and a virtuous goal but one that has essential constructs associated with it. 1) The perpetrator recognizes the wrong they've committed. 2) They have genuine remorse about it. 3) They are committed to taking the right course of action going forward. Forgiveness then can be a path to resolution and reconciliation. I can't get over some young Christian woman running up the hill where a memorial was being constructed for the dead and injured students. She was making a big spectacle about how she was forgiving Kleobold and Harris (the murdering nutcases). There were people there who were suffering from tragic loss that could not be resolved in such a matter. I saw it as selfish attention seeking behavior.

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