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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoForgiveness is a requirement because actually abiding by the rules is impossible. It is designed that way so you’re obligated to seek forgivenes and stay within the church’s influence.
minus-squarebrognak@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoSee: The sqlLite Code of Ethics aka The Rule of StBenedict, specifically 42&43: Attribute to God, and not to self, whatever good you see in yourself. Recognize always that evil is your own doing, and to impute it to yourself. So you are not responsible for any good you do, that was God. The evil though, that’s all you champ.
Forgiveness is a requirement because actually abiding by the rules is impossible. It is designed that way so you’re obligated to seek forgivenes and stay within the church’s influence.
See: The sqlLite Code of Ethics aka The Rule of StBenedict, specifically 42&43:
So you are not responsible for any good you do, that was God. The evil though, that’s all you champ.