January 07, 2004
RELIGION: Forgiveness
I previously discussed Jason Steffens' advice about taking a Christian attitude towards Saddam and not rejoicing in his humiliation. Stuart Buck weighs in with some thoughts of his own, including a delightful quote from CS Lewis.
Also see here with more on forgiving the unrepentant sinner.
As I posted last time, the following article, "The Virtue of Hate" (quoting & expanding on Prager) argues that the Jewish approach, in stark contrast to the Christian approach is to never forgive the "Frightfully Wicked"
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0302/articles/soloveichik.html