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1、Canforgivenesseverbeeasy?Comments(78)ByAlexHudsonBBCNewsMuchdiscussionaboutforgivenessisintermsofreligionContinuereadingthemainstoryIntoday'sMagazine·Weddingwatch·Quizoftheweek'snews·TheNaziwhobecameaJew·PaperMonitorWeoccasionallyhearinspirationalstoriesofvictimsandrelativeswhoforgivea
2、busers,murderersandevenwarcriminals.Butjusthoweasyisittoforgive?Thebrotherofmurdered16-year-oldschoolgirlAgnesSina-Inakojusaidrecentlyhewouldbepreparedtoforgiveherkillers."IftheycanforgivethemselvesforwhattheyhavedoneIwouldforgivethem,"saidAgnes'solderbrother,AbiolaInakoju,aftertheconv
3、ictionoftwomenforhermurder.AgneswasfatallywoundedatatakeawayshopinHackney,LondoninApril2010,theinnocentvictimofgangviolence.Butforgivenessisacomplicatedandemotiveissue.Despitesayinghecouldforgivethem,Inakojualsosaidhewouldnotbeabletotalktothekillers.AgnesSina-Inakoju'sbrothersayshecanf
4、orgiveherkillers"Talkingisabouthavingacivilisedconversation-youexchangewordswhicharemeaningful,"hesaid."Wewouldnotbeabletotalk,wewouldshout."Sowhatdoestrueforgivenessreallymean?Andhowcanitbeachieved?Throughouthistory,forgivenesshasoftenbeenseenthroughtheprismofreligion,ratherthanofscie
5、nceorpsychology.OnGoodFriday,theBiblesaysJesusChristsaid"forgivethemFatherfortheyknownotwhattheydo"ashewasonthecross."Freudonlymentionedforgivenessthreetimesinhiscollectedworks,"sayspsychologistProfAnnMacaskill,ofSheffieldHallamUniversity."Eachtime,thisisinareligiouscontext.Forgiveness
6、wasareligioustopic,notascientificone,andthisonlychangedveryrecently.ContinuereadingthemainstoryFindoutmore·What'sthePointofForgiveness?wasbroadcastonBBCOne·CatchupviaiPlayer"Especiallyifpeoplearereligious,theyfeelasthoughtheyhaveamoralobligationtoforgive.Inastudyofhowforgivingclergywer
7、e,wefoundtheywereunbelievablyforgiving,buttheyhadtoworkveryhardatit."ThemostobviousexampleofthisistheCatholicconfession,wheresinscanbeabsolved.Butforgivenessbetweenindividualscanbecomplicated.AndProfMacaskillbelievesthatforgivenessissomethingthatisoftenmisunderstood."We'reverysloppyi
