I certainly think a person can be forgiven if that person is remorseful
or otherwise truly sorry.  If remorse is not present, I guess
forgiveness is absent, too.  I'm only human, but if someone hurts me, I
do not think I could forgive them if they were not sorry.  And that may
not be enough.  I'm sure Nixon was sorry.  Michael, did you forgive him?

TZ

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      It is fortunate both for the politicians and for the nation that
some
members of the body politic actually practice what is so often preached:
forgiveness borne of a belief in personal transformation.  Were we, in
fact, rather than merely in so often loudly claimed name, a Christian
nation, perhaps we might witness this practice more frequently than is
the
current norm.

      Is there a material difference between the various versions of the
Lord's Prayer on this point?

      While not a believer, I will take truth where I might find it.

Michael

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