Could you forgive A friend stealing your pen

Could you forgive… • A friend stealing your pen? • Someone accidently stepping on your new white trainers? • Someone who said something bad about you on social media? • Not being invited to someone, who you thought was your friend’s party? • If your friend stole your boyfriend? • If someone hurt someone you love? BWS

January 2022 Forgiveness Objective: To know what forgiveness means. To discuss whether true forgiveness actually exists. To know religious views about forgiveness. To be able to give examples of forgiveness. Homework: Part c) Explain from two different traditions, teachings about forgiveness. (8) BWS

Key words • Forgiveness- to grant pardon for a wrong doing; to give up resentment and the desire to seek revenge against a wrongdoer. • Reconciliation- accepting an apology, forgiving and moving forward together in harmony. Do you think that forgiveness is easy? BWS

Christianity • Forgiveness is a prominent theme in the Bible. • The Bible instructs Christians to forgive. ‘Forgive and you will be forgiven. ’ • The Lord’s prayer speaks of forgiveness. Christians should only expect God to forgive them is they show forgiveness to others. • Jesus taught the importance of forgiveness in the Beatitudes (blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount). ‘blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. ’ • Jesus asked for his executioners to be forgiven. ‘ Forgive them, or they know not what they do. ’ BWS

The story of Zacchaeus • http: //www. bbc. co. uk/education/clips/z 7 kq 6 sg • Write a summary of the story. • Why do you think Christians use this story to promote forgiveness? BWS

Parable of the prodigal son https: //www. youtube. com/wat ch? v=T 2 A 0 e. Si 9 Pg 8 • Summarise this story in your own words. • What was Jesus’ message in the story? To what extent should we always be forgiving? BWS

How to get forgiveness? • Catholics- through confession and religious acts of atonement. • Evangelical- forgiveness of sins is granted by God and reliant upon faith. BWS

Islam • Those who forgive others will be rewarded by God. • Forgiveness is the path to peace. • Humans are no perfect and make mistakes. • 2 types of forgiveness- Human forgiveness and God’s forgiveness. There is no limit to God’s forgiveness. • ‘God is oft-forgiving, most merciful. ’ repeated throughout the Qur’an. • God will forgive those who truly repent. BWS

Muhammad and the old woman • https: //www. youtube. com _____ are taught to /watch? v=oi. UN 7 yn. K_Oc& follow the example of safe=true (watch from 3 ____. Muhammad had mins) helped an old _____ • Copy and fill in the blanks. who became sick even though she was a ______ and regularly brushed _____ in his direction. BWS

Examples of forgiveness ‘I forgave the Nazis not because they deserve it but because I deserve it. ’ Eva Kor, Holocaust survivor who was subjected to human experimentation because she was a twin. Task: Use the quotes provided by these 3 people. Explain three different reasons why forgiveness is necessary and important. BWS

Examples of forgiveness ‘I have to forgive them. I cannot hate. Hate is what killed Anthony. ’ Gee Walker- mother of teenage boy who was violently murdered in a racially motivated attack in Liverpool 2005. Task: Use the quotes provided by these 3 people. Explain three different reasons why forgiveness is necessary and important. BWS

Examples of forgiveness ‘holding on to your resentment means you are locked into your victimhood. ’ Desmond Tutu, South African civil rights activist during the apartheid. Task: Use the quotes provided by these 3 people. Explain three different reasons why forgiveness is necessary and important. BWS

I ask again- Could you forgive… • A friend stealing your pen? • Someone accidently stepping on your new white trainers? • Someone who said something bad about you on social media? • Not being invited to someone, who you thought was your friend’s party? • If your friend stole your boyfriend? • If someone hurt someone you love? If you have changed your mind on any of the above, why? BWS

In your short course lessons have a go at answering this part d question. ‘True forgiveness is impossible. ’ 15 mins. Peer assess for 10 mins Do your corrections. BWS