I am confused about this idea of taking the offending person’s perspective when forgiving.  Isn’t this somewhat unhealthy because, when taking that perspective, I might conclude that there was nothing wrong because that person has so many internal wounds that he just could’t help doing what he did.

When we take the offending person’s perspective, we keep carefully in mind that we are not condoning what this person did.  In other words, we keep the perspective that what the person did was wrong, is wrong, and always will be wrong.  From that position, we try to see a true human being who has worth despite the shortcomings of the unjust behavior.

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