I would say that to truly forgive, you have to truly understand those you forgive. What compels them, what choices lead to their actions, their whole life you'd have to know intimately, in order to forgive completely.

God knows our lives completely, like that. Therefore it is not a question of forgiveness at all. It is inherent in existence. No part of existence is hidden from or misunderstood by "him". We however, not knowing all of it, have to try our hardest to understand the people who hurt us like "he" does.

Christianity, with its emphasis on "forgiveness" and all the rest of it, has "sinned", because it has missed the mark. It seems to me that the Church, while preaching love, does not truly comprehend divine love resulting in a structure that, rather than nurturing freedom and understanding, has at times fostered fear and social control.

But just because I say this, does not mean I condemn the church or the people in it, because I understand how it came to be.

I wonder what happens, if one dies with the conviction that one is going to "Hell", or the conviction that one is a hopeless sinner. If our minds create our world in this reality, how much less does our minds create our world in the beyond?

Hell it seems to me, has been created by and imparted upon us by the Church itself. If such a place exists in the beyond, it only exists because we have become convinced of its existence and if we come to understand the inherent forgiveness in existence, it might cease to exist. Like morning fog banished by the sun. Like ignorance banished by understanding.

Once, in a spiritual psychosis, I thought I was the Archangel Michael who was here to "judge everyone".

I made a single judgement then: "God is innocent". I believe that still, but in saying God is innocent I have to extend that innocence to all that he is.

Including myself. Perhaps "psychotic me" is a wise man.