tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post3890796690951407238..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: The mission of Unitarian Universalism is to teach forgivenessDavid G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-37246341216608745292017-08-16T08:55:25.948-04:002017-08-16T08:55:25.948-04:00Fear is what keeps people from taking responsibili...Fear is what keeps people from taking responsibility or perhaps the lack of awareness or perhaps a judgement that the individual is not responsible and is being falsely accused and attacked.<br /><br />The question may become, "How is one to deal with the fears of the people one wishes to interact with and perhaps even engage in relationship?"Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-83960465649775513322017-08-16T08:20:55.802-04:002017-08-16T08:20:55.802-04:00Avoidance of responsibility and accountability is ...Avoidance of responsibility and accountability is not the same thing as forgiveness. True forgiveness occurs only when the taking of responsibility happens as well as an explanation of factors that contribute to the harm caused and a making of amends.Shaquan T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-48844997289520012532017-08-15T12:24:37.370-04:002017-08-15T12:24:37.370-04:00In December of 2014 I offered conditional forgiven...In December of 2014 I offered conditional forgiveness to Montreal Unitarian U*U Sue Montgomery for falsely accusing me of libeling her when in fact I was, and still am. . . telling the readily verifiable Truth about her complicity in, and even knowing and willful participation in, Unitarian Universalist perversion of justice, indeed misuse and abuse of Canada's criminal justice system, towards the end of concealing UUA clergy sex abuse from the public.<br /><br />See: http://emersonavenger.blogspot.ca/2014/12/media-lawyer-mark-bantey-chalica.html<br /><br />Sue Montgomery ignored and thus rejected that offer of forgiveness if she acknowledged her "sins" and repented, so she remains unforgiven. I have repeatedly offered conditional forgiveness to Unitarian Universalists if they responsibly acknowledge their "sins" and repent of them, but they obstinately refuse to acknowledge even the slightest wrongdoing. I have never encountered a group of people who on the one hand are unjustly judgmental to the point of ludicrousness, and on the other hand who so stubbornly and self-righteously pretend that they have done no wrong whatsoever. Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-27772263076659791462017-08-15T12:09:42.729-04:002017-08-15T12:09:42.729-04:00"the most important step in this direction is..."the most important step in this direction is to forgive our own trespasses"<br /><br />Seriously? I thought that's pretty much what psychopaths and sociopaths do. . .<br /><br />Stunningly hypocritical, and shamefully conscienceless, habitually "forgive" their own trespasses while remaining extremely judgmental of "others".<br /><br />If Unitarian Universalists want forgiveness for their own trespasses they need to seek forgiveness from the people who their own trespasses have caused harm to. Forgiving one's own trespasses aka "self-forgiveness", that avoids accountability and redress for one's trespasses borders on psychopathy and sociopathy.Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-68121041080186128042017-08-15T10:36:13.423-04:002017-08-15T10:36:13.423-04:00Forgiving ourselves and others is so difficult bec...Forgiving ourselves and others is so difficult because of our judgementalism and the deep seated myth in our culture that God will judge us and our greatest fear is being found inadequate or defective in some way. Phylilisnoreply@blogger.com