[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for your post!

Indeed, the Southern Baptist reading with which I grew up - takes the importance of forgiveness as seriously as a heart attack. So do I:

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. - Matthew 18:21-22

[habs4ever]

Do you forgive Clinton? Is one to believe automatically in the sincerity of a sinner who asks for forgiveness yet doesn't mean to actually repent?

Can you see how close the line is to granting endless mercy and being an enabler and a dupe?