Funny how the right are instantly trying to protect their right to have everyone armed to the teeth.Wasn't your argument that allowing people to carry guns would stop things like this from happening?Total complete exaggeration! This is emotive language trying to disguise itself.
The "issue" is no longer the issues. It has become about where our country is headed ideologically and that chasm is deepening as more and more people gain access to more and more information. Fundamental change and what that means exactly has become THE ISSUE.
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Congresswoman Shot in Tucson
by leavingwt inseveral shot at tuscon grocery .
several people were shot saturday at a grocery store in tucson, arizona, a spokesman for the pima county sheriff's department said.. the shooting occurred at a safeway shortly after 10 a.m. mst, according to sheriff's spokesman deputy jason ogan.. a couple of victims with gunshot wounds have arrived at northwest medical center, according to spokesman richard parker.. "they've been coming in the last 10 minutes.
i'm not sure of the severity of their injuries," he said.. ogan said the motive for the shooting is unclear.. "we're just trying to sort this out right now," he said.. .
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
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is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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ok release the guilt. what ever i decide the problem was there probleme not mine. right?
Found Sheep, as I said, without knowing what BIG THINGS means from your previous post, I can't say what I would do. I say release the guilt you have over your decision to keep them at a distance if that decision was made with prayerful thought and right intention. Don't hold onto hate, anger, and revenge. Forgive the debt, let it go, and don't feel guilty. -
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
by leavingwt in.
is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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I just feel so guilty
Ughhgghh! Guilt. Were you raised a JW? We learned to feel so guilty about EVERYTHING...ALL THE TIME...
Not knowing what the BIG THINGS you referenced in your above post are, I can't say what I would do. I can tell you not to feel guilty if your decision was made with prayerful thought and right intention. Accept your decision then release the guilt. Period.
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
by leavingwt in.
is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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I guess I just see things a bit differently. I see where I could reach a point where I no longer want to get back at someone or get revenge. I can just let it go and write it off...forgive the debt. But, by the same token, I can see just as clearly that just because I have forgiven the debt does not mean I have to allow toxic people back into my life...no matter who they are. Common sense.
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
by leavingwt in.
is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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Forgiving things is a lot easier than forgiving people. It's not easy, but you CAN get to a place where you can say "I forgive you for hurting me, or I forgive you for neglecting me, or I forgive you for forcing an oppressive religion down my throat". But, does that extension of forgiveness mean that you have to accept those people back into your life? I don't think so.
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
by leavingwt in.
is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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When you write the offense off like a bad debt in business, you no longer keep account of it (the injury). You no longer allow it to affect your life/business. You clean out the books! In essense it becomes "out of sight, out of mind" which is essentially forgetting it.
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
by leavingwt in.
is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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I go back to what I said earlier in this thread. You have forgiven when you no longer desire revenge. When you can say, I have let it go and given it to the higher powers for judgement, you have forgiven. That doesn't mean you should accept it or forget it. Just don't keep it in your "accounts" any longer. Write it off!
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
by leavingwt in.
is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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How do you let go of crimes done against you that destroyed part of my inner soul?
You know what I think some of us are doing? We are trying to equate forgiveness with acceptance. And when we are unable to do that inwardly, we feel we have failed to forgive fully as our Lord instructed. I don't think that is what forgiveness means.
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
by leavingwt in.
is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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But I would still not allow that person to be around my children.
There you have it, tec. You cannot in the fullest sense of the word "forget". It would be unwise, if not downright stupid! Our Lord would not expect you to forget that act. If you did forget it to the extent described in someone's post above, you would not hesitate to leave your child in his/her care.
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Is Forgiveness Overrated?
by leavingwt in.
is forgiveness overrated?.
if i'm being completely honest with myself, there is a short list of folks who i haven't forgiven.
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One more thought. Y'eshua instructed those he healed (forgave) to "go and sin no more." If it doesn't/didn't matter....if forgiveness should be constant and continuous... then there would have been no need to tell them to stop sinning (unless, of course, these accounts are inaccurate.) What has been given me to understand is that one should always be open to forgiveness (70 x7), but there are limits and boundaries and at some point, those limits and boundaries are met!