RE: Sin & Forgiveness
November 14, 2015 at 5:17 pm
(This post was last modified: November 14, 2015 at 5:18 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(October 25, 2015 at 7:22 am)miaharun Wrote: Hi All, I just want to shoot this question. In Christianity or any God fearing religion your forgiven for your sins. How can that be justified with ones conscious. Let alone a Devine entity. Say for instance someone commits a murder for any reason. How can anything forgive you for that under any circumstances. People will always take the easy way out or do the wrong thing just because there is the comfort of forgiveness. I am a practicing Buddhist and I believe in Karma. There should not be any escape from that. Most of my friends who believe in God has told me they have been forgiven for the sins that they have done. I find that ridiculous and how gullible people can be. Some sins go to the very extreme. Not things like lying, stealing etc.
What are your thoughts.
You have to actually be sorry. You can't just say "sorry God" and think that will do anything. It's what's in the heart that matters. If your heart is still in a dark place, you are too. But yes, people can change. A person can do something heinous like commit murder but come to feel fully remorseful and change. Your friends might have a simplistic view of forgiveness, or they just failed to fully explain what it means.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
