RE: Loving and forgiving your enemies
December 11, 2015 at 11:08 am
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2015 at 11:10 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(December 11, 2015 at 11:02 am)Vic Wrote: Love and forgiveness out of duty don't appear very sincere, do they to you?
No, I don't believe anyone is under any sort of obligation to forgive or love. The notion in itself seems absurd.
Well it is not easy to love/forgive someone who rapes and kills your kid. You have to make the decision to do it. It takes effort. You have to work at it. It isn't something that just magically happens.
Like the mother said, "I made the commitment to work towards an attitude of forgiveness."
So yes, you make that decision because you feel it is the right thing to do. Do you agree with doing that?
"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
