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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 667508" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>"The Greek word <em>sugnome</em>, sometimes translated as forgiveness, really means, says Konstan, <em>exculpation</em> or <em>absolution</em>. It is not that I forgive you for what you did, but that I understand why you did it."</p><p></p><p>(This quote is from my orig. post which has been deleted by mods. It is from the article by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks about Joseph and forgiveness.)</p><p></p><p>I think this explanation about the roots of the word forgiveness, for me, completely cleanses the horribleness of the conventional understanding, which seems colored by the necessity of self-abasement. You as if have to betray yourself, in order to forgive. To me, to understand, does not require this self-humiliation, the need to as if say, I did not deserve better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 667508, member: 18958"] "The Greek word [I]sugnome[/I], sometimes translated as forgiveness, really means, says Konstan, [I]exculpation[/I] or [I]absolution[/I]. It is not that I forgive you for what you did, but that I understand why you did it." (This quote is from my orig. post which has been deleted by mods. It is from the article by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks about Joseph and forgiveness.) I think this explanation about the roots of the word forgiveness, for me, completely cleanses the horribleness of the conventional understanding, which seems colored by the necessity of self-abasement. You as if have to betray yourself, in order to forgive. To me, to understand, does not require this self-humiliation, the need to as if say, I did not deserve better. [/QUOTE]
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