Can you ever forgive anyone no matter what they did?

[Champ]

I always felt like I could forgive anyone at some point in my life no matter what they've done. But about 2 weeks ago someone done something so wrong it makes me really angry, I do not wish to go into details. I don't think I could forgive this certain someone in a million years, this person done something so unforgiveable I have so much anger directed toward this person, even more anger then I have directed toward Bush*

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. I can forgive someone for things that they have done to me...

however it would be very difficult for me to forgive someone that has done something bad to a loved one

[Champ]

2. That is the option I wanted to add

It really doesn't affect me directly, but it affects me because it was done to a loved one. Now that I think about it, I can forgive anyone for something done directly to me.

[foreigncorrespondent]

3. Other!

It all depends on that someone I am expected to forgive.

If we are talking about Bush*, then no, I simply cannot forgive him for the atrocities he has caused during the last four years, and the ones he is about to cause during the next four years.

Friends, yes, I can forgive. Short story. Earlier this year I had a friend who many in my circle believe this person to be in love with me. Only this person has never truly owned up to her the feelings she does obviously have for me. Around March this year I found out this friend had interfered in my relationship in a way she should never have. Yes I hit the roof with her, to the point I wrote her and basically told her to butt (I used more colourful language) out of my life.

Recently though, I have contacted that friend, because Sapphocrat (my partner) will be in Australia for Christmas. So after a long conversation with Sapph we decided to give this friend a chance to try and work things out. So after Christmas we are going to get together with her and just play it by ear.

See, nothing a person can do is unforgivable, it pretty much depends on how you feel about the person that has done wrong by you. If your feelings are deep/true, then no matter what a person does, you will always find it in you to forgive that person.

[neebob]

4. There's one, uh, person I will never forgive

It took a while to stop wanting to watch him die. Then I stopped begrudging him some sort of miserable existence. Now I'm not even really sorry I met him, but I haven't forgiven him. I don't feel I should have to, because he'll never be sorry. No one else has ever done anything comparable. Of course I'm just talking about people I've known personally.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. When someone asks for my forgiveness

I've yet to disappoint them.

But I have a very difficult time forgiving those who don't choose to recognize their offense, or who hide behind excuses to avoid taking responsibility for their actions.

And there are some whom I've forgiven, because they aren't worth expending angry energy on. But I can't include trust in that forgiveness, and thus the relationship is distant.

Is that wrong of me?

[haele]

6. I can forgive...

Once it becomes more trouble than it's worth to keep acknowledging the anger and hurt. It might take a couple years, or a decade or so...but I can forgive.

That doesn't mean I'll ever trust the person again. Or forget what they did. It only means that the anger, the hurt, the effort to keep concentrating on a particular hurtful issue is over and that I've accepted that person for who they are, weaknesses, strengths, and all.

Haele

[Ron Green]

7. This is the Big One, isn't it? This is what we are here to do, IMHO....

"Forgive yourself, forgive the world." I know that I am called to forgive even Bush, Cheney, Hannity, et al, and I've not been able to do it yet, but I believe that, before I die, I must forgive even them, because they do what they do out of fear and ignorance. It's the hardest thing, but it's the most important thing to do.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

8. At the risk of imposing my faith,

I believe we all should strive to forgive others, although it's certainly harder in certain cases. I think you can forgive a person, if not for their sakes, then for your own, as not to be bound by anger and hate. Like Isaid, it's hard, and I don't profess to be anything close to an expert. Sermon over.