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Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
I never believe in revenge.
I definitely believe in forgiveness. It had more benefits to the victim than to the perpetrator.
Several years ago, a man broke into an Amish school in Pennsylvania and killed the teacher and several children and then himself. He was not Amish.
The local Amish - even while mourning their dead children - raised money to help the wife and children of the murderer, since they no longer had a father or husband to support them.
That is the epitome of grace and forgiveness. How would revenge have possibly comforted the Amish parents of the slain children?
Quakertrucker
I definitely believe in forgiveness. It had more benefits to the victim than to the perpetrator.
Several years ago, a man broke into an Amish school in Pennsylvania and killed the teacher and several children and then himself. He was not Amish.
The local Amish - even while mourning their dead children - raised money to help the wife and children of the murderer, since they no longer had a father or husband to support them.
That is the epitome of grace and forgiveness. How would revenge have possibly comforted the Amish parents of the slain children?
Quakertrucker
Lolco · 36-40, M
@Quakertrucker what the Amish did spoke volumes of their heart, them hurting his wife & kids is not revenge at all however... not in my book Atleast ... that would have been “an eye for an eye” scenario
Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
@Lolco
And, of course, the problem with "an eye for an eye" is that soon we are all blind.
Besides, if one believes in the Bible, in the New Testament, Jesus says "You have been told an eye for an eye, but I say unto you, Do Unti Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
That "But I Say" negates the "Eye for an Eye" scenario.
Quakertrucker
And, of course, the problem with "an eye for an eye" is that soon we are all blind.
Besides, if one believes in the Bible, in the New Testament, Jesus says "You have been told an eye for an eye, but I say unto you, Do Unti Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
That "But I Say" negates the "Eye for an Eye" scenario.
Quakertrucker
Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
@Lolco
The Amish went even further than not hurting the wife and children of the man that murdered their children; they took active steps to help them.
I am Quaker, and wish that I had the faith and love of that Amish community.
Quakertrucker
The Amish went even further than not hurting the wife and children of the man that murdered their children; they took active steps to help them.
I am Quaker, and wish that I had the faith and love of that Amish community.
Quakertrucker