Over the semester I have been writing my senior thesis, and
have engaged with various amounts of different works. One of my favorite books
I read for my paper was C.S Lewis, Problem
of Pain. One of my favorite lines from the book is, “ To condone an evil is
simply to ignore it, to treat it as if it were good. But forgiveness needs to
be accepted as well as offered if it is to be complete: and a man who admits no
guilt can accept no forgiveness” (124).
When I first read this it shocked me, but then when I read it a second
time it really hit me. How many times does a person get forgiveness for some
act, but then not show his guilt for something he did? I think this goes back
to what Lewis says at first: “to condone an evil is to ignore it,” I think that
we often just over look the guilt of a man and forgive him, when we need to
look at the guilt and repent. I know for me it is hard to show my guilt for
actions I commit because it is just human nature not to admit to
wrongdoing. I think people need to focus
on giving and accepting that we are all guilt of sinning and that we need to
vocalize that to achieve true forgiveness.
Problem of Pain
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