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MissMorrigan -> RE: Redemption? (4/5/2009 2:57:01 AM)
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Wyld, my own father was a racist. I also heard that crap day in/out, but we all have choices in life. I chose not to follow in his footsteps, I was fortunate to have a strong will and go my own way. Not all people have that inner strength. I did condemn my father for his attitude and behaviour towards others, I once said to him, "Because of the vile person you are, you will die a lonely old man with no one to care for you". The real tragedy of that is that he died exactly that way, laying in his own excrement for three days until he expired. I had no contact with him for fifteen years prior to his death. Had I known he was ill, I would have put aside my own differences with him to ensure he had some comforts in his final days. I do not believe in an 'eye for an eye' tenet. My one regret in life is that despite my resolve to go my own way and refuse to be like him, by thinking/saying such harsh words I had unwittingly become exactly like him. We are masters of our own lives, not those of others.
As for death row inmates finding 'jesus'. I'm personally not a religious person, I'm an atheist and can't question their motives for their becoming born again Christians, that is for them and their faith. What I can say is that those people on death row, who have been waiting for years to reach their end, are not the same persons as those who committed the crimes initially. It is not my responsibility to hold anyone accountable for their actions, I leave that to the correct authorities. I'm not nearly conceited enough to force my moral code on others for we each live with our own conscience and I've often found that while we focus our efforts on other people's misdioings, it sidelines us from attending to our own.
We aren't privy to a great deal of information about a person, Wyld, we know nothing of their lives, of their experiences, how those prejudices were formulated. All we can do is understand that they are also a human being, one that perhaps needs more forgiveness and love than others b/c for the life of me, I cannot see how a person could be so harsh towards others unless they severely lacked that in their life in the first place.
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