Forgiveness, tolerance, love in Christianity

Forgiveness is Divine, said Christ.

I never truly understood that simple statement until yesterday.

As I pondered, I realized, Forgiveness is divine, because true forgiveness is so difficult.

So many Christians fill themselves with the criterion of Sin vs. Not-sin, that they cannot forgive anything, at least not truly.

What is true forgiveness, by Christ's message?

It is this. That only God is fit to decide who shall be forgiven, and who shall not be forgiven. And God can forgive anyone.

By this, it is also implied that all people are imperfect, and yet can be forgiven.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Said Christ.

By that, he said all men have sins, and thus should all ask for forgiveness.

In the Christian doctrine, God carries hope for all people, and God does not give up on anyone.

Even if a murderer asks for forgiveness, God will grant him so.

Then it is unfortunate, that so many Christians take upon themselves to be so intolerant of others.

If God can wait forever to forgive someone, why must some Christians deem it necessary to cast others as "sinful" and seek to banish the sinful from public life.

God knows when a man will truly ask for forgiveness.

Does it benefit God or the man, if others forced him to ask for forgiveness before his time?

And what if the man does ask for forgiveness, out of fear of threats, rather than out of sincerity?

What if the man is killed by the Christians before he could ask for forgiveness?

So the Zealous Christians would undo their God's work. And I saw this in their own arrogance, that they usurp God's authority.

I shall ask such a Christian, if it is God or them who held the final knowledge of when each man is to be forgiven.

The answer is simple, only God can ultimately forgive us all for our own sins.

And Man is only responsible for asking for forgiveness, NOT to decide who among his fellow man shall be forgiven by God.

For a man knows only when he has sinned against his God, but cannot be certain if others have sinned against their God.

And for that is tolerance and love, and Hope of divinity.

For to ask for forgiveness, is to ask God and others to have hope in you.

For to give forgiveness, is to give God and others Hope in you.

Simply to say, this is the only way of Love, through the path of forgiveness.

For a man who does not ask for forgiveness, has no hope in himself.

For a man who does not give forgiveness unconditionally, has no hope in others.