Donald Armstrong
1 min readMay 5, 2020

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For any of your readers who may be interested, it is worth noting that the Jewish concept of forgiveness, which you mention, is quite different from that of Christianity. To forgive someone who has not requested it, and who has not made you whole (i.e., replacing any material loss that you might have suffered because of his or actions) would be an act of cheap grace and would only reinforce wrongful conduct. Forgiveness becomes a moral imperative only if and when the offender requests it with apparent sincerity and has restored, to the fullest extent possible, whatever he or she taken from you.

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Donald Armstrong
Donald Armstrong

Written by Donald Armstrong

Moved by a conviction that we humans--gifted with reason--can do so much better than we are; asks how both politics and faith can better serve humanity's needs.

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