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by Anonymous on August 21st, 2006

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You have committed serious crimes all your life. On your deathbed, you ask forgiveness. Should it be granted?

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  • by Glenn Blaylock on August 21st, 2006

    Glenn Blaylock

    I am of two minds on this question. First of all, I have always had a problem with deathbed repentance. Part of the repentance process is making amends for the wrongs that you do. With deathbed repentance, the guilty party is saying he's sorry when it is really too late to make amends. At this point the person really has nothing to lose from his admission. He's dying. Therefore, he has no further need of his worldly possessions or wealth nor does his reputation really matter. So, I question the sincerity of such repentance.

    On the other hand, forgiveness really isn't for the person who did the wrong. Rather, it is for the person wronged. When a person forgives another for some offense, what the person offering the forgiveness is really doing is letting go of the hard feelings. That person is letting go of the anger, the hate, the bitterness, the need for revenge. In other words, he is letting go of the emotions that drag people down and destroy their souls. When you forgive someone, that does not mean that the wrong doer doesn't still have to accept the consequences of his actions. It does not mean that you do not want to see justice done. What it means is that, whether justice is done or not, you are not going to let the wrong doer's actions affect you negatively. It means that you are not going to spend the rest of your life bemoaning what was done to you.

    So, for what it is worth, I try to, and eventually do forgive everyone who I think has wronged me. In so doing I leave their fate in the hands of the appropriate temporal and eternal authorities and let it go at that.

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  • by Anonymous on September 28th, 2006

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    How can a child rapist, a serial killer, and other serious ciminal crimes, be forgiven on a deathbed? If this were the case, heaven would be full and hell would have vacancies.

    I do not believe in deathbed forgiveness. it shows no remorse and the victim(s) family never hears the forgiveness. its a copout to save one's self from burning in hell.

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  • by Ezzy on October 12th, 2006

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    yeah it should, you figured your wrongs even though it came a tad bit late BUT you still asked for forgiveness and it should count not matter when or what you did

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  • by Ezzy on October 12th, 2006

    Ezzy

    yeah it should, you figured your wrongs even though it came a tad bit late BUT you still asked for forgiveness and it should count not matter when or what you did

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  • by lolacherrycola on August 21st, 2006

    lolacherrycola

    exactly you need to earn forgiveness, and i bbet that is the crimes were bad enough the victims will not accept a forgiveness given on your death bed. Also do you personally know someone this happened to?

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  • by Greg on July 17th, 2007

    Greg

    Repentance means to change. While a last minute effort to find comfort with ones relationship to God it denies both the offender and the offended any opportunity to heal and change. Repentenance and forgiveness are processes of healing. If you cheat the process of the time and efforts needed the result may not satisfy any more than the offenders current concerns. The problem probably originated with the offender satisfying their wants or apetites at the expense of the offended. Dead bed repentence appears to be an extension of the "this is all about me" selfish motivations of the offenders.

    God bless us all as we walk through these processes on either side. Give it the time and effort it requires, don't wait to start building the relationship and understanding of Jesus Christ's gift to us and your building of a heavenly mansion last minutes of your life (John 14:2)It many provide a small place for you in God's heavens.

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  • by anonymous on August 21st, 2006

    anonymous

    Basically, no! It's just to easy! Forgivness should be earnt

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  • by gung-ho on August 21st, 2006

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    Forgiveness from who? I always think forgiveness should be granted if the person *really* means it. We are all human and make mistakes (big and small) that we can't take back.

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  • by meselif on November 30th, 2010

    meselif

    Forgiveness is a daily requirement in such matters. For the survivor, the feelings of guilt, anger, hate, etc. are reborn everyday and require daily attention. It happened to me with my grandfather and will happen again when my paternal phenome donor dies. As already stated, part of the process of forgiving is making amends, and if the amends are not made the wound outlives it's maker. So....IMO....asking for forgiveness on your deathbed is the pentultimate act of weakness and cowardice and an insult to the forgiver and a compoundment of the wrongs that spawned the asking (You may feel good for a while having forgiven, but it creeps back in). If you feel like you need to be forgiven...SEEK it now, not when it is too late. If there is someone for whom you have needto forgive....do your best (safely and with dignity) to begin a positive dialog. In the absence of mending and healing, carry on and give your best to the people now in your life. Don't ask any god to do the work for you! Do it yourself as best you can! Pax vobiscum!

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