Afghanistan. Somalia. The US. — Olivier5
What evidence can you present that people wouldn't be killing eachother if they had "forgiveness and redemption"? — baker
I am not sure what kind of evidence would satisfy you. I imagine one could plot murder rates in various places vs some indicator of the prevalence of forgiveness in society. The latter indicator would be hard to develop though. — Olivier5
Or one could appeal to faith: all religions call for it.
Or to logic: hatred breads only more hatred, so how else can one break the cycle than through forgiveness?
It makes life bearable. You should try it one day. — Olivier5
You were the one to make the claim, so it's on you to provide the evidence. — baker
it's not clear that "all religions" call for forgiveness and redemption, or what they actually mean by them. — baker
When "forgiveness" becomes a channel for contempt — baker
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