Could you ever forgive someone who murdered your child?

I don;t I can even face it if that was happended to my family and for the rest of my life I don't think I can really forgive it.

I would never forgive. Everyone knows that drinking and driving is wrong and it risks the driver's life, passengers and every single person out on the road with him/her. This person knowing that it was wrong went out and drove and killed that teenager. He should punished and live with it on his conscious for the rest of his entire life. For example, I dont drink much, But If I decide to have a few drinks, I am going to hand my keys to someone else, and or call a cab or a friend for a ride or walk home or even wait the drunkeness off. I'm not sure why the family feels so terrible about someone who went driving drunk and killed their child. Maybe they feel that forgiving the person will make them feel better and add some sort of closure to the issue. In my opinion, I feel that by the family forgiving this man. they are saying it's okay that he did that.

It depends! if he really meant to kill, i wouldn't! but if it was by neglicence with time i'd probably forgive! i don't know, only passing by that experience

I would like to say I could, but I don't know. That would be the most devastating thing that could happen to me. I admired the Amish people who said that they had already forgiven the man who killed 5 of their children. That takes real strength of character, and I believe they have it if anyone does. For me it would also depend on the circumstances. If it was premeditated murder or a serial killer, or something like that, I'd have a harder time forgiving than if it were an accident. One thing I would always want to remember is that the killer's family is grieving, too. I'd never want to be as vengeful as some of the people I see on the news. Hurting that other family isn't going to bring your child back.

I can forgive him if he lets me kill him and not report this matter.

No way in HELL would I forgive someone who killed my child or ANYONE in my family! I would be so frickin' IRATE that I,d be all too happy to see them go to jail for a LOOONG time. I cannot even begin to BELIEVE when people say they actually FORGIVE whoever has killed a loved one!I,m sorry, but I don,t. They,ve got to be better Christians than I , or depressed, or simply mad.I cannot fathom myself beginning to forgive people who do that sort of thing.Maybe it,s because I,ve always been an angry type of person all my life. Hmm. A drunk driver? No, frankly an icecube,s chance in hell I,d forgive! I hate drunk drivers more than anything.I don,t know why they don,t just increase the punishment for those sort of people.I am ALWAYS scared of drunk drivers. I was walking home from a nearby restaurant, and I have to go down a one-way street to go home. I saw a drunk driver ZOOM down the one way the WRONG WAY! I SAW him ENTER the one way at the wrong end. I could have been trying to cross that street and would have got hit if he came down 5 minutes later than he did. I was sooo mad I would have laughed at him if I heard a crash after he went down it the wrong way.I would NOT have called 911 for help for him either.

I know that the right thing to do is to forgive that person and move on, but I don't think I would be able to do that. I would be devistated if anything happened to my son, I don't know that I am a strong enough person to forgive someone for that.

See..! This is an emotional problem.One can never forgive such acts. But still there is a point ...! The circumstances. If it isfavorable to the murderer we can not help...!

After reading your question I spent a few moments gazing at my two boys. They are nine and four years old and are sitting on the sofa, next to one another, watching a movie. Watching them, I realize that this isn't a question that I can answer. In order to do so, I would have to contemplate a life without these two persons. I can't do that.

no i wont forgive

i would like to think i would be able to but ocen the life of my child has been taken the my life would be over i live for every moment with my daughter and without her i dont know what i would do.

No and never

i do not think that i could ever forgive him or her.its a very brutal deed.

Yes we (I) can and do forgive. 12 days ago my brother was struck by a car and killed. He was a pedestrian. Even as we grieve as a family, we (or at least I) have forgiven the driver (a 17 year old teen). We must remember that Jesus forgave us of our sins (if we repent). Even as he was on the cross he said "Father, forgive them for the know not what they do". If Jesus can forgive us of anything we have done, than we too must forgive. God Bless,

This very respectable and has to be followed. We are in the world of crime and punishment.We must practice to forgive and do good to others.Almost all evil can be rooted out if we controll our short temper and pride. We will not forgive as we are pride and we think that we do not make any mistakes.The action from the part of the driver may accidental.Can the life be regained if he is sentenced? The family has given the right punishment by forgiving him and he is spending his life in repentence and he will not repeat it anymore.

No I could never forgive them, and I would not expect his family to forgive me when the same was done to them...

I would try but it would be hard God tells us to forgive

Reminds me of the Yada Yada Prayer Group books. As for my answer. I don't know. I hope that I would, eventually, but I cannot say for sure.

i don't think i could forgive either. having your child ripped from your arms and life is an unbearable thought. my prayers go out to all moms and dads who have had to go through this. i know if one of my three were all of a sudden gone i'd be devastated and can't see forgiving the person who took them away.

No, I don't!!! Even because I'll kill him!!!