As we forgive those who trespass against us.
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You underestimate the Christian Right.  They will rather modify the prayer and explain why Bush is right than impeach him.  Remember they believe he's the  President because God made him so.
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you mean accept Jesus Christ as their savior and TRULY repent from their perverted ways, yes?\n\nThen I WOULD forgive them.\nI'm not saying right away.. but I'll try as hard as I can to let go. \n\nJesus said, "If you cannot forgive people that have wronged you, then how you expect God to forgive your sin?"\n\nYou see, if we view everything from our own eyes, it is very hard to do the will of Christ.\nWe feel that we are better than the murderer or rapist.\nbut, the fact is we are not.\nSin is equal in the eye of God...\n\nWhen we lie, cheat, steal, commit an adultery, we are all accounted as sinner in front of God.\n\nIf you expect to be forgiven by God of ALL your sin, then you should be able to forgive those so called murderer and rapist.\n\nSaying that you won't forgive them is basically repeating the role of Pharisee in the bible.\n\nThe so called "holy" men refused to pardon a tax collector, a whore, and so on.\n\nDo you know God gave christ to us so that we can follow His ways? Do you realize that Christ forgave a criminal on the day of His death?\n\nIn human ways, I, too cannot forgive murderers and Rapists.\nBut, I have the Holy spirit in me that enable me to do so.\n\n\nPlease be warned though "Forgiveness" is thru grace (as we received forgiveness from the Lord thru His mercy).\n\n"Trust," however, is something that we need to earn.\nSo, after I forgive those, they need to earn my trust be4 I will allow them to be near me and my family.
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But followers of Christ should not use hatred and ignorance to judge anyone else... that is not our place.  Our Lord will judge them in the end and that is His righful place to do so.  Not ours.  God bless you Brother.
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As it is written, we must forgive "seventy times seven times" our fellow man who wronged us... Lest our sins will not be forgiven us.\n\nPeace be with you!
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You make an excellent point. Those of us that believe know that one day we will see a better more perfect place without the hatred and violence. It's called having faith and hope.
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According to everything you wrote - they are forgiven.
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I pray someday we will all have the courage and faith to stand up and not let abuses in this country take place anymore. \nWe need to do it together!!
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I love you. We are supposed to love our neighbor as much as ourselves. "Our neighbor "means everybody else. To do any less is to not follow Jesus' example.
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I always accept a heart felt apology.  Great that you were able to see where someone else was coming from and how you could have offended someone. Nice job of owning up to your mistake! :)
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They can't stand us. We saved their behinds twice from being slaves. They have not tried to even thank us-they have a severe guilt complex and they are too proud to deal with it.
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i dont think you are ever justified just forgiven
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It's mandatory. Forgive, but don't trust.
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I might have felt snubbed by people in the congregation, but as a Christian, I shouldn't let it bother me that much. They could've just been having a bad day. But who am I to judge them. I know I've done things that I'm not proud of either. That's why I'm so glad that we have a loving and forgiving Lord like Jesus.
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The same way we would remove oppression from all human beings by treating them with respect and trying to help them lead better more fulfilling lives.
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I feel the say way.  I do not hate them.  I just don't think anybody who disrespects others and commits a crime should get away with anything.  They should be punished, not rewarded.  And yea, they should go back and wait in line and file the proper paperworks.
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I agree with us having a moral responsibility to help clean up the mess we made.  However it could be that the best thing we can do is to leave, especially if our presence is fueling and perpetuating the violence.
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Just forgive the idiots. And then report them for abuse.