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Originally Posted by Terumoto
Who am I to forgive anyone? Do people even need my forgiveness? If they do something bad to me, that's their choice. My belief is that nothing anybody could possibly do should affect me at all. That belief is true, but the difficult part is keeping it in practice. Sure, its easy for little things... But lying, cheating, murder I can imagine would make it a lot harder.
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I think you're being a tad dishonest here bro. So, I am to believe that NOTHING ever causes you feelings of illwill toward someone? I venture to say that it can and will. Someone just hasn't pushed that right button, or crossed that right line, yet. And, forgiving them is a matter of releasing yourself from those feelings of spite. Also, if someone asks for your forgiveness, it gives them closure on the wrong doing as well when you do forgive them. It's selfish to not forgive someone, especially since we all hurt other people in one form, shape, or another.
Forgive means to LET IT GO, to not hold something against someone anymore. If you do that in your own way, then, you are still forgiving them.
Also, the true test to see if you've fully forgiven someone is to think about them, and then examine your feelings. If you still get angry when thinking about it or them, you haven't fully forgiven them and harbor hate in your heart. Hate will kill you bro.
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