Is forgiveness a learned skill, natural instinct, or inspired?

I'm trying to trace the origens of this phenomenon, much in the same way the Bible traces the origen of sin back to Eden. Starting with the assumption that forgiveness is possible and reasoning inductively. I can find references to remission of sins, and debts, but they all imply some form of symbolic payment, or indemnity. But I can't seem to trace the concept of undeserved forgivenes back farther than about two thousand years.





If it was a natural instinct, I would expect to find a word in natural languages . If it is inspired, is it a skill that can be taught in books?Is forgiveness a learned skill, natural instinct, or inspired?
~~~ DD ,,,, In all seriousness,,,, It is ';learned'; by following one's ';natural instinct'; to be ';inspired'; by conducting Acts of Grace,,,, like Compassion and Altruism, etc, etc,,,, It can only be ';found'; through Introspection and Contemplation,,,Is forgiveness a learned skill, natural instinct, or inspired?
read John 3:16 .GOD sent his son JESUS so when we believe in JESUS we have eternal life.JESUS gave up his life as a sacrifice so we can be sin free. Ask JESUS to come into your heart and forgive ur sins and cleanse ur past with his blood. Report Abuse

With a simple prayer like above u can be saved.JESUS loves u and wants u to be saved.What JESUS did is undeserved forgiveness.he did paid the penaly of sin as required.But still he could have choose not to.He could have just stayed in heaven.But he didnt.He came so we can be saved. Report Abuse

Small children can fight one minute and be friends the next..Given a very short time they even forget they fought. Why, because they don't dwell on the past. Though they don't know what forgiveness is, it's natural to let it go and move on. As they get older, they hold onto the past, dwell on it, associate emotions to it and forgiveness becomes an issue. True forgiveness is to forgive and forget...Small children do this naturally, without knowing why.
I can tell this is going to be one of those bias ';research'; projects.... You can trace sin back to Eden, eh? ...and you're willing to accept the possibility of ';inspired forgivness'; ....





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I believe that it can be related to all 3 of your supositions, it depends on the motivation. For an individual, the ability to forgive someone, even if they don't deserve it or desire it, allows the forgiver freedom and closure from the event. It allows a person to move on and represents a point they reached where they decided to not hold onto baggage or allow the acts of others to have an influence on their lives. It is about personal empowerment and therefore it can be learned, it may be instinctual (to enable closure) or it may also be inspired by someone else's demonstrated forgiveness and the change it made in their lives. - good question!
I beleive it's a learned skill.
I believe that forgiveness is inspired. I don't think it comes naturally to the human animal. We are more likely to hold a grudge, and try to get even, aren't we?


I don't think it is a skill that can be learned from a book, either...no not even the Bible. Oh, we can learn to say ';I forgive you';, and if it is someone we are emotionally attached to, mainly, family members, we might even mean it. Well, sort of, anyhow. I have lost count of the numbers of people I have heard saying how they will NEVER forgive their parents, and in some cases, I can understand their difficulty. But for the most part, forgiveness is not really a skill that can be learned.


I honestly think that people need God's help with forgiveness.


Most people, I think, would be totally amazed at the difference it makes in their own lives when they can find the grace to forgive. It truly is as if a great weight is lifted from your heart.


God bless you!
Before you can forgive, you must be forgiven first. Since God through Christ has pardon your sins and faults, through His grace you can forgive others. As long as you walk close to Christ, you can easily forgive coz pride and unforgiveness will bring damnation to the soul.
forgiveness is a natural instinct..(even animals get angry and forgive believe it or not)...BUT even though it is a natural instinctive behavior for us humans we can modify them by learning how to do it better.....and by showing forgiveness we trigger other peoples forgiveness instinct thus, in a way it can also be considered as an inspired skill.....some people shut their instincts and need a reminder...





p.s i hope this helps but if u know the fude that happened between the two sons of Adam then u would find that the son that was killed by his brother used to forgive his brother ...he forgave his brother when he cursed him right??!!





OK then good luck...hope i helped