{"id":1943360,"date":"2023-06-03T03:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T07:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-forgiveness-for-pandemic-sins-until-the-guilty-repent\/"},"modified":"2023-06-03T03:39:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T07:39:56","slug":"no-forgiveness-for-pandemic-sins-until-the-guilty-repent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-forgiveness-for-pandemic-sins-until-the-guilty-repent\/","title":{"rendered":"No pardon for pandemic wrongdoings without remorse."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-forgiveness-for-pandemic-sins-until-the-guilty-repent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why Forgiveness Without Repentance Is Impossible<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Christianity Today published a curious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/may-web-only\/covid-19-pandemic-amnesty-masks-vaccine-lockdown-church.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece<\/a> by Paul Miller on Thursday calling for everyone to forgive each other for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-forgiveness-for-pandemic-sins-until-the-guilty-repent\/\" title=\"No pardon for pandemic wrongdoings without remorse.\">supposed \u201cpandemic sins<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t exactly say who sinned, just that \u201cWe got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-scientist-unpacks-the-problem-with-follow-the-science\/\" title=\"WATCH: Scientist Unpacks The Problem With \u2018Follow The Science\u2019\">things wrong<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cSome officials made mistakes in the early days.\u201d Things happened. Mistakes were made. It\u2019s time to move on. Miller\u2019s argument is basically a warmed-over, lightly Christianized version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/10\/covid-response-forgiveness\/671879\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">essay<\/a> Brown University economics professor Emily Oster wrote for The Atlantic last November, which argued for a \u201cpandemic amnesty\u201d on account of how \u201cuncertain\u201d and \u201ccomplicated\u201d things were in the face of a once-in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-claims-mass-shootings-result-from-disaffection-racism-and-misogyny-demands-gun-control\/\" title=\"Obama Claims Mass Shootings Result From \u2018Disaffection, Racism, And Misogyny,\u2019 Demands Gun Control\">-a-century pandemic<\/a> like Covid. The ruling class did its best, OK?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAn admission of guilt and a commitment to repairing the wrongs done\u201d is required for a genuine amnesty, says Joy Pullmann, and the absence of such an admission and commitment to change makes it impossible to rebuild trust.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oster\u2019s piece elicited well-deserved scorn from many on the right, including our own Joy Pullmann, who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/03\/there-can-be-no-amnesty-on-lockdowns-without-a-reckoning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> that a genuine amnesty \u201crequires an admission of guilt and a commitment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent article for Christianity Today, Paul Miller urges forgiveness for pandemic mistakes. He acknowledges that errors were made, but doesn&#8217;t assign blame. 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