tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255987229032070780.post8647983970881006549..comments2023-07-07T15:38:32.564+02:00Comments on moruti: Nine life sentences and 15 years …Anders Göranzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09043741463522713507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255987229032070780.post-38229465300237765532014-11-01T16:22:19.794+01:002014-11-01T16:22:19.794+01:00But often we also manage to forgive, with God'...But often we also manage to forgive, with God's help.Anders Göranzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043741463522713507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255987229032070780.post-7652874599008243562014-10-30T21:02:01.992+01:002014-10-30T21:02:01.992+01:00She is so right! That probably helped her move on,...She is so right! That probably helped her move on, knowing that someone else could forgive that man and that she didn't have to. Cause it would be very strange if she could forgive him! Because how could she? That's one of the differences between God and human beings. God is almighty and forgives everyone. Matildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779787887235868653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255987229032070780.post-14146245032220576682014-10-30T20:47:47.822+01:002014-10-30T20:47:47.822+01:00Yes, Matilda! I often think of a mother in South A...Yes, Matilda! I often think of a mother in South Africa who lost her son during apartheid. The special branch (security police) killed him, chopped him and threw him in a river. Many years thereafter one of the policemen (who actually was convicted and not appeared before the TRC) became terminally ill in the prison. In media a discussion began: could he be released? I think he had cancer. The mother of the murdered boy was asked whether or not she was prepared to forgive the policeman. She answered: <br />I will not be able to forgive him. But God can forgive anyone!Anders Göranzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043741463522713507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255987229032070780.post-82163544011394953022014-10-30T17:59:50.167+01:002014-10-30T17:59:50.167+01:00I am constantly torn between what I think is right...I am constantly torn between what I think is right in situations like the ones you write about. Becasue of course, if a person does something wrong he/she needs to be punished, but to what extent? When it comes to rape, the person who was raped has to live with it the rest of his/her life. Now is it fair that the rapist can be freed after just a few years? Is it possible to forgive a person who has raped you? Maybe it is necessary to be able to move on. I pray to God I never have to find out. And with murder, the person who was murdered will never live again and the family of the victim are affected for life. Is it right that the murderer can carry on living while the person he/she killed is dead? Oh such difficult questions.Matildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779787887235868653noreply@blogger.com