That heinous criminal in Colorado - murdered his wife and their two children to "get them out of the way" so he could be with his mistress - he announced that he has found God and is forgiven. His relatives have publicly stated they forgive him. I am shaking my head.
There is a difference between forgiveness and foolishness.
It used to be that Christian forgiveness required repentance. That meant turning your life around in a definitive way and making retribution for the damage you had done. Nowadays, forgiveness often seems to mean nothing more than a prayer.
Forgiveness maybe therapeutic for those doing the forgiving, stops them from ripping themselves emotionally for life.
HOWEVER forgiving is not pardoning, it maybe helpful to forgive, but is it the height of dangerous idiocy to forgive AND forget
They are still accountable and responsible for their past evil.
You forget and pardon the proven potential of the psychotic at your peril and the peril of all others.
And that’s why god is so popular...it’s easy, cheap, fast, convenient, and all you have to do it is repent to cheesus and pray a couple of nonsense prayers, and puff...all your sins will be forgiven.