Is forgiveness a waste of time?

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Say a bad guy kill's your dad for the $30 bucks in his wallet.  And this guy has done bad stuff for years.  Comes the trial and you get to make a victim's impact statement.  You suck it up and do the Christian thing and say "I forgive him".  He gets life without parole.

Then he dies and God puts him in Hell and torments him beyond anything you could ever do yourself.  God does medieval stuff to him and it goes on forever.  So if you know he's going to get what he deserves and a lot more, how can your forgiveness be sincere?  When you forgive somebody, there's no payback after that.  Aren't you faking it and lying to yourself?  Maybe even looking forward to what he's got coming?

tomas · Accepted Answer

Forgiveness is not a waste of time. But a guy killed somebody's dad in robbing $30, claim to trial, and get convicted. It would be seriously interesting to discuss this hypothesis whether forgiveness demand of the son's Christian duty comes from a devil's advocate.

Anonymous · Answer

I believe in capital punishment because I hold the firm belief that some people either through choice, or actual psychosis are incapable of being rehabilitated and released back into society as a functioning person. On top of that keeping them alive in prison is a waste of money, while people who aren't rapists and murderers are starving in the streets. I think it is one of the only cases where murder can be moral, to protect other human beings.

Anonymous · Answer

No, it can make you feel all warm inside and that is limit of human desire.

Is forgiveness a waste of time?

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