Re: 2nd Season Joan of Arcadia - Common Thread - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

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jayembee  <jayembeenospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"Irulan" <lrulan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I loved the way Mama Girardi told the rapist: I hope you rot in hell!
>> 
>> I mean, really, that's how she felt, why not say it? I wouldn't forgive

>> anyone who did that to me either, even if they told me they found God
and 
>> wants my forgiveness. I guess I'm just not a very forgiving person.
>
>The thing that bugged me about Helen's story is that she seemed to be
missing
>the whole point of forgiveness. First, when she and the priest got to the
>hospice, and he asked her if she really wanted to do this, she said that
she
>wanted to, that "forgiveness is an im****tant part of faith". It seems to
me that
>she's missing the point that she shouldn't be doing it because she thinks
she's
>supposed to, but because she *wants* to. Otherwise, she's being
disingenuous.
>
>Secondly, she seems to be missing the point that her forgiving him is
supposed
>to be for *her* benefit as much as his.

Jery, it was the first time she had *ever* seen the man who raped her. 
Ever. I thought her reaction was a bit mild.
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