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Forgive the CyberMan for he knows not what he sayeth .
Just how many chances do you want to give him?
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. ...“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
Forgiveness and second-chances aren't the same thing. That bloke at Eniskillen forgave the murderers, but that didn't mean that he thought they should have the full force of the law applied against them. He might have thought that if they'd repented. There's no evidence of repentence on Cybermans part, so, yes, forgive. But keep him banned.
That rather shows that the Christian god is as much of a nasty vindictive so and so as Allah, he just has a better spin machine. Seriously , how do you religious people believe this guff and why would you want to?
Try reading it again. What is being said is that if you won't forgive people who've sinned against you (you christian church going people), then don't expect God to forgive you when you sin against Him. (Conversely, if you do show mercy, then mercy will be shown you). Which seems to me perfectly reasonable.
It takes a particularly perverse (i.e. wilful misinterpretation or severly biased ) thinking, to interpret as vindictive, something which is widely used to show that Christians are supposed to forgive people who sin against them.
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