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- Mo-ha-med
- I'm an economic consultant, perpetual expat, often lost, curious, religious, secular, illogical and hesitant. This blog is somewhat of a travelogue, a political and economic commentary board. Your comments and emails are both welcome and encouraged; this blog is meant to be read and it's nice to know that it is! Agree, disagree, object, discuss... Thank you for wasting your working hours here.
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"Occupation 101" series - Daily life tales from Occupied Palestine
- Welcome to Hebron!
- Blocking access to the Aqsa mosque: It's just another day in East Jerusalem
- The Israeli army raid on my street ruined my shawarma
- Israeli elections, Arab style: fear, vote buying, and other tales from East Jerusalem
- Iftar at the Aqsa mosque
- The Golan Heights: Israel, Syria, and everything in between
- The killing of the Palestinan cameraman was "justified"
- Meet the Israeli army
- “Next year in Jerusalem” - inshallah
- Borders
- Checkpoints
- Brunch in Jenin: cheese pastries and prison memories
- Introduction
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4 comments:
You know... I ask myself that same question many times...
Glad to know i'm not the only one...
see, if you're asking forgiveness from someone, and pretend that you're repenting while you're actually not, that would surely be hypocrisy.
But if it's divine forgiveness you're seeking (say, through Tawba or confession) and He knows that you're not being sincere.. does that absolve you of the hypocrisy charges (because He knows?)
Then again - can we be forgiven for sins we're planning on recommitting?
It looks like we are having the same problem and, sadly, I don't have the answer. I do feel absolutely horrible when I ask for forgiveness consciously knowing that I will do it again. I feel worse doing it to God because I think He knows my sincerity is not where it should be. At least to a person, he/she doesn't know I am being a hypocrite (that sounds so bad!). I often ask for strengh to stay away from sin, but I know that is not coming. :(
no, i don't think it is condemnable.
even a "meta-sin" (i can't think of any other term at the moment, but i'm sure you know what i mean) can be forgiven in its own right. if it is any consolation, you are not alone in this. the fear for us, i suppose, is that this realization of moral contemptability may lead to futile resignation, and the worse consequence of suppressing of our conscience. i find it quite painful at times, and it is an issue of keeping that pain alive. like a constant wound in our sides, keeping ourselves cognizant of it. it's a matter of direction, not outcomes. i imagine the deeper, and the longer we are aware of our wound--just simply being human and with a conscience--it helps to stay modest.
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