FORGIVENESS OR TERRORISM?
“Pardon, and you shall be pardoned.” —Luke 6:37 Many wise men and women throughout history have come to the logical conclusion that we must mercifully forgive those who have sinned against us. Without forgiveness, there is vengeance and the inevitable escalation of conflict to the point of destroying the weaker party in the conflict. Without forgiveness, the family and/or ethnic group of the vanquished party wait for years, even decades, to build up the strength or have the opportunity to retaliate. In effect, we forgive or we breed terrorism. “To err is human, to forgive is divine.” We humans don’t...