Good Question

Posted on September 7, 2007
Filed Under Personal, Philosophy |

The Philosopher’s Playground asks a question I’ve thought about a good deal over the years, probably because I was raised as a fire & brimstone Protestant before turning into a live & let live hippie. Is there a statute of limitations on bad acts? And, more broadly, what is the nature of confession & forgiveness? Click through to read the discussion, including my answer in comments to the post.

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One Response to “Good Question”

  1. chris robinson on September 9th, 2007 3:47 pm

    It is a good question. I’m still pissed off at Hitler and Pol Pot, and so magnitude has to be factored in. For personal wrongs performed and experienced, betrayal is really hard to forgive. Physical harm and stealing both function to efface trust, but this is reparable. Aristotle’s approach of categorizing and focusing on the concrete particulars resists simplicity and elegance, but it is probably the best.