Yom Kippur just passed, that Jewish day of atonement and of human-granted and God-granted forgiveness. But what about God’s atonement for God’s sins of omission and of commission? After all, many of us hold God responsible for the tragedies that plague our world. “Look God,” we might say, “Take a good look around will You? [...]
Posts Tagged ‘forgiveness’
#35 The art of forgiving God
Posted in God, Philosophy of Religion, Religious Philosophy, Theology, tagged atonement, forgiveness, sins of commission, sins of omission, Yom Kippur on October 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
#29 Wisdom, Prophecy and God
Posted in God, Prayer, Religion, Theology, tagged forgiveness, Midrash, redemption on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Situation: The man gazed guiltily at his old friend across his congealing plate of huevos rancheros. He’d flown into Albuquerque the day before, two months after he’d watched his wife lose her battle with breast cancer. Now, as he ate breakfast in the hotel restaurant, he agonized over the affair he’d had during his [...]
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