Posted by
Steve on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:24:44 PM
The liberal Jews are making a serious mistake. They are refusing to accept Mel Gibson's heartfelt appology about anti-semitic remarks he made when arrested for DUI. I am not Jewish. But, I believe that Judaism has repentance as one of its tenants.
People can change. If not, then this entire world and everything in it is not worth anything. Mel Gibson has made the first steps of repentance. He has recognized he has done something wrong. He has expressed remorse for his actions to those he has offended. He has pledged not to do it again. The only step left is to see if he actually follows through with that part.
The Jews that are refusing to accept his appology are not allowing him to complete the steps for repentance. In my book, that should put them on the hook for the sin that Mel Gibson has tried to repent of. Now, if he goes back and repeats his sin, that is another story. It is the responsibility of the person offended to accept an appology when given. Peter asked Jesus almost that exact question. Jesus answered 70 times 7. That means we have the responsibility to forgive.
It is not up to us to judge if Mel Gibson is sincere. It is up to us to forgive him his acknowledged sin. We do not have to allow him to be put in a situation where he can act on anti-semitic thoughts. That is just being smart, until we know if the repentance is true or not. But we do have the responsibility to forgive. The ADL and other liberal Jews look at this as an opportunity to get back at Mel Gibson for making "The Passion of the Christ". They objected to that movie with unfounded reasons. They just look at this as payback time.
Mel Gibson has done his job. It is not his responsibility to appologize any more. He should follow through with the suggestions he has made to the jewish community. If they do not want to cooperate, he should just go on and do it any way. He should not hold himself up for continued ridicule by the liberal Jewish community any more.
I for one have accepted Mel Gibson's appology. I forgive him for making anti-semitic remarks. I am not condoning the remarks by forgiving Mel Gibson. I am just giving Mel Gibson the opportunity to continue the path of repentance. To not forgive him is to deny him repentance. That in my eye is a greater sin than the one that Mel Gibson blurted out to the officer that fateful night.