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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Catholic raised turned Agnostic here:

the idea of God's forgiveness is that if you are truly sorry for your sins and ask God's forgiveness, he will grant it. Yes it is quite convenient but it only works if you are truly sorry. That is the big question. Is Sam sorry that he did it or sorry that he was caught. Only Sam (and God) know. [/quote]

I guess that means you can get off the hook for virtually anything.[/quote]

Yes and no. I don't believe God ever views any of us as truly irredeemable, no matter what kinds of terrible things you've done, if you come to truly regret them and repent, God will forgive you. The trick is that you have to genuinely repent, though. You can go through the motions of praying on it and asking God for forgiveness, but if, in your heart, you don't truly regret what you did (and not just regret that there were consequences, but regret the actions regardless of what flowed from them), God will know that and you won't be forgiven. [/quote]

I can see that...If somebody is truly sorry thought and has actual regret over something they did, usually they carry that with them for the rest of their lives though. In that case I can see god saying "alright this guy REALLY truly felt bad about it, ill let him off the hook."  To come out a month after the AM leak and say "hey I'm scott free now! All Is well!"   doesn't sound like the guy was truly repentant[/quote]

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