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Another writer argues that the gap between human and divine forgiveness is unbridgeable, for God's forgiveness is grounded in "eschatological divine justice" not, as in human forgiveness, in an awareness of "sinful solidarity with humanity" (Williams, 2008, pps.584 585).584 585

The concern expressed in this remark is that whereas God's forgiveness is supposedly unilateral, unilateral human forgiveness may be irresponsible, as when a victim of wrong forgives a wrongdoer irrespective of any signs of repentance on the part of the wrongdoer.

And even if there is some sense in which a temporally eternal God forgives human wrongs, it seems that cannot be a true description of human forgiveness since we are temporally finite beings whose wrongdoings and forgiveness occur at specific moments within time.

In "Absolution," absolution itself is the one thing that Peter Peterson, who believes neither in God nor in human forgiveness, can't have.

Whence could we get the idea of perfect goodness or infinite forgiveness except from our knowledge of human goodness and human forgiveness?

And I sincerely hope that the commutation of Libby's prison sentence will usher in a new era of clemency, compassion and human forgiveness, under a president who otherwise has so much blood on his hands.

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To err is human, but forgiveness doesn't require divinity, just the capacity to take a step back and listen.

And it is these highly evolved abilities, research suggests, that provide the foundation for that most disarming of all human invitations, forgiveness.

Generally regarded as a positive response to human wrongdoing, forgiveness is a conceptually, psychologically, and morally complex phenomenon.

"It is argued that Olympic values should include the indulgence of human frailty, forgiveness and redemption and that the mark of a true justice system is the prospect of reform and redemption that it offers.

How could I intersect the complexity of the Confederate flag with the desire of human love, forgiveness, and re-union, especially when so much of the pro-Confederate flag defense seems to be selfish and sociopathic?

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