(February 6, 2019 at 7:54 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 6, 2019 at 4:11 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: If you don't feel mad at someone anymore, but still think that they suck, at least regarding their mistake(s), did you forgive them? Is it forgiveness if you don't want to see that person anymore, but don't feel mad at them either?
Forgiveness is release from a just punishment under the social contract. You've wronged me-- I would be perfectly right to blame you, and there's no statute of limitations on that. But I choose to absolve you of that social punishment and to let it go.
-whereas redemption absolves you even in the face of non-existent forgiveness.
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