#Forgiveness

In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus literally said "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" (debts=Aramaic "choba").William Tyndale purposefully translated it as "trespasses" because he feared English read
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Three separate (but related) concepts that frequently get conflated:- apology- forgiveness- rehabilitation/redemption Of these three, I’m most interested in apology, because the primary function of apology is the recognition of
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Virtues of the first 10 days of Dhul HijjahAmong the great seasons of worship are the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, which Allah has favoured over other days. It was
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friends, rape culture is insidious. if you think you haven’t participated in it, you’re wrong. & this absolutely means cis men (straight AND queer) have to step up the caution
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Not a fan of George Will but the data in his opinion piece is right. h/t to @jenmendez_ who shared this article first. Cancelling student loan debt would be a
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A Thread on Confession, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation:In Roman Catholicism, my religious tradition, the Sacrament of Penance is form of reconciliation where a penitent receives forgiveness when they, 1st, perform a
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for me the most important part of Tim Kaine’s statement this morning: about the enablers I think a lot of people would like to believe that just because they didn’t
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History tells us clearly that granting blanket forgiveness, without any repentance, only causes more pain and confusion and trauma; it empowers the wrongdoer to do more wrong things.https://twitter.com/kristincake/status/1325783258689396738
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I don't get why the church finds this so difficult. If you have abused the very people you were supposed to be shepherding, then you have abused your position of
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Yes, this is another working paper less than two months after the first. We decided to go public with the new numbers from the 2019 SCF (just released) because there
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One of the most common arguments I've seen against my point of view on the Right Side ASL situation is if the interpreter should keep her position for the purposes
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I don't know who needs to hear this but I'm sorry I offended you is not an apology. It puts the onus on the person who was harmed to find
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Still on the study on the book of HebrewsAnd I realized that Sin against God is not forgiven by asking God for ForgivenessSo people who ask For Forgiveness are they
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Forgiveness isn’t a personally useful frame for abolition because forgiveness + criminal wrongdoing still animates a carceral logic of punitivity where you’re deciding a person is worthy of your mercy
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While we wait for a concession we won't get, some philosophical reflections on concessions and other normative powers.Conceding comes in two flavors. It's a normative power, the exercise of which
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Pride and love do not mix. One day pride might cost me my marriage. My wife would call me out as a liar if I delivered this any other way,
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