Did Forgiveness Sink with the Titanic?

I wonder if the those who should get to dicide if forgiveness should be issued to those deemed responsible for the sinking of the Titanic sunk along with the ship? In all honesty the sinking of the Titanic was a acident. Although if I was actually there hanging on to a peice of drift wood, feeling my body grow number by the second, life escaping from my breath, in that moment I would find it hard to forgive anybody or anything. We all like to think that if placed in this situation we could look past the fact that we were dieing and forgive eachother and realize it was a acident. In all honesty though there comes a time when we realize out own self preservation, and find it hard to forgive or to die in someone elses place. I would like to think that I could forgive the many people for all the terrible mistakes that happend continuesly, but in the moment when I am in suvere agony using my last breath, I would most likley not be able to. Looking back if I was lucky enough to survive I would also like to think I could forgvie them for all my friends and or family that lost their lives that day. I hope to never have to be in a situation equivilent to this and be forced to answer an ultimate question of forgiveness.

Gawking at Jews

The Sunflower tells a tale of a time of despair for the certain religion in World War II. The Jews were treated very harsh during the war sent to concentration camps and tortured until death. This book written by Simon Wiesenthal, a Jew, he faces a daunting task to forgive or not to forgive a SS man who on his death bed is asking for forgiveness for the crimes he committed while in the war. While describing how he felt walking in a line through town with one of his work groups, he says they felt like “animals in a zoo.” Being paraded up and down the street made them loose all sense of humanity. The Germans gawked while they walked by pointing just like you would a monkey in a zoo. They had no choice on what or when they did anything. He describes when some Jews were hung in the street that a lady remarked that it was “kosher meat.” Totally normal to see a human just like them, except for their religion choice hung to their death in the street. No one gave a second glance just accepted it. Just like when visiting a zoo most people don’t think of how the animals fell or if they are okay, just looking for enjoyment. No one gave a second glance to the Jew hanging, just went along like it was the right thing to do and it would help themselves out in the end. Simon went through pure hell at this time and he felt like a worthless animal at a zoo.

Should We and Could We Forgive?

In discussing acts that could be forgiven and not forgiven, the act of a mother, suffering from depression, drowning her children because she fears they are possessed stood out. If going from the religous stand point all acts should be forgiven, in the bible God forgives all sins once we repent. Although all acts should be forgiven, I personally do not know if I could forgive them, if they envolved something or someone I cared about. Just because acts or forgiven does'nt mean they should go unpunished. You also have to go through both sides, the mother who drowned her child most likely thought she was doing the best for her children at this poing in time. She was possessed at the time she honestly thought that she was saving her children. God is perfect allowing him to be able to forgive everthing, but us, being imperfect humans have to know who we are and wheather we they can give forgiveness and still have a peace of mind.