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Should we forgive our enemies?

Why/why not?

Posted - August 5, 2019

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  • 46117
    We have to. And you will never understand until you are put in some situation where you must do so or sit in your own hate forever.  
      August 5, 2019 11:27 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    I don’t agree those are the only two choices. Hate is a choice. We can close that door and move on with our lives. No hate, no worries. 
      August 5, 2019 12:43 PM MDT
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  • 952
    We should not afraid to if it is worth!
      August 5, 2019 11:55 AM MDT
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  • 7795
    That whole thing is totally up to you.
      August 5, 2019 11:57 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    It would depend on how badly that enemy has hurt me.  
      August 5, 2019 12:14 PM MDT
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  • 5391
    This is subjective to each person and each case. 
      August 5, 2019 12:39 PM MDT
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  • 44659
    No...you end up with no enemies.

      August 5, 2019 12:44 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    After you have healed sufficiently from the harm that they caused you, forgiving them is probably the best way to set yourself to move forward---just don't forgive them to soon.

    And of course, you don't have to like them to forgive them. 
      August 5, 2019 1:23 PM MDT
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  • 1305
    Hatred destroys the hater not the hated, you have to find someway to untie yourself from that person for your own release and freedom.  Hatred ties you to the hated and eats you up, and if not dealt with becomes heavy baggage and possibly illness.
      August 5, 2019 5:17 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    No ... forgiveness vs hatred are not the only choices.
    I have people who have wronged me ... thus you could call them my "enemies".
    If they do not ask forgiveness, I do not give it.
    But neither do I dwell on it (hatred).
    I just continue living my life.
    Eventually, I may even forget.
      August 6, 2019 11:50 AM MDT
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