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    It is not the case that Accepting God's forgiveness sincerely and contritely opens a person to the possibility of beginning anew.

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    • 1.Genuine moral renewal requires confronting and owning one's past, not having it erased through an external act of divine absolution.
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    • 2.Nietzsche and secular existentialists argue that the self is constituted by its history, so 'beginning anew' via forgiveness may produce self-deception rather than authentic transformation.
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    • 3.A person who relies on divine forgiveness to remove guilt may never develop the internal moral resources necessary for genuine character change.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Kant's moral framework holds that moral worth depends solely on autonomous rational agency, making divine forgiveness morally irrelevant to genuine ethical renewal.
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    • 2.Accepting an external agent's forgiveness as the condition for new beginnings subordinates moral autonomy to heteronomous dependence, undermining the very selfhood required for authentic contrition.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.God can forgive the unforgivable.
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    • 2.If forgiveness is accepted sincerely, inwardly, contritely, with gratitude and hope, the obstacle to joy is removed.
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