The idea
of second chances is that all people inherently deserve a second chance to
redeem themselves whenever they do something wrong. I believe that this idea is
conditional. There are certain circumstances where the crimes that people
commit are "small" enough for a second chance to be granted. Yet
there are some atrocities that human beings can commit that just never can be
fully atoned for. This is based on my belief that there is a
universal moral compass that i believe all human beings instinctively possess.
This might be wishful thinking on my part but to me i believe this is true. All
throughout my life whenever when i was on the verge of doing something bad (or
when i passed that threshold) i knew instinctively that i
was committing something that was morally wrong. I have also met
people throughout my life that I've caught "in the act" of
perpetrating a crime, the expression on their face doesnt lie. Yet even though
i believe that human beings consciously commit crimes and do terrible things
that they shouldnt, the idea's ive learned over the past two weeks about God's
unconditional love and mercy have made me rethink my convictions. The story
of Easter particularly strikes me hard. For God to have given his
only son Jesus to die for the sins of oh so many, he must have been something
who really believes in second chances. Like it says in the bible, "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn
the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." Like
it says in the quote, the only way the world can progress when people make
mistakes is for love and forgiveness to transcend all the injustices of the
world. That being said, I guess that even though people can do terrible and
stupid things, we would have nothing if people thought the way i did about
second chances. Because of this im going to try and make it my post easter goal
to always give others a second chance when they truly need one.
-PS thank you Ms James for giving me a second chance with my absence forms
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