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OPINION: The problem with forgiving Dylann Roof

Violence In America,Church Shooting,Religion And Faith

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When relatives of those gunned down last week in Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church expressed forgiveness for the alleged perpetrator, white supremacist Dylann Roof, it was a stunning expression of the capacity of Christian love to overpower the natural urge for vengeance and retribution — and to give spiritual strength to the victims of injustice. Most Americans were deeply moved.

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