"It is easier to forgive than be forgiven" Discuss.

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“It is easier to forgive than be forgiven” Discuss.

Different people would respond to this statement in different ways, I personally disagree with the statement.

Some people would agree with this statement. They would say it is easier to forgive than be forgiven because all you have to is say “I forgive you”, you won’t feel the guilt of having done a bad action. The person who has done the bad action and wants to be forgiven has to say sorry and truly mean it, which can be a hard thing to do. They would say that as a Christian, it is easy to forgive others since that is what God instructs them to do, and by forgiving therefore they are following the will of God. A Christian would also say that it is harder to receive forgiveness from someone you have wronged because you feel guilty for having done a bad action, and is therefore much easy to forgive.

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Some people would disagree with this statement; they would say that in fact it is harder to forgive someone than to be forgiven. If you are the person who is able to forgive someone then you may find it hard to forgive, you may be suffering as a result of a person’s actions or you may be constantly reminded of what that person has done and this can make it harder to forgive. If the person who has wronged you does not even repent or say sorry and they show no remorse then this can also make forgiveness difficult, ...

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