Going back to Chapter 10, answer the following
question: Do an Internet search
using the terms forgiveness, reconciliation, and revenge. What kinds of sites do you find? Which term produces more sites? Why do you think that is?
I used Google to make the
search on forgiveness, reconciliation and revenge.
The first thing that came
up for forgiveness was the Wikipedia link and after that it was a link to mayo
clinic. Followed that was a bunch of articles ranging from NY Times to
Psychology Today. As for reconciliation, the first link was to Wikipedia but it
was reconciliation as a United States Congress term. Afterwards are links to
sites that give the definition of the term. For revenge the first thing that
shows up is the ABC drama. Even after that there were a lot of links regarding
to the show.
The term that produces the
more sites is revenge, in which according to Google with 60 million results.
Forgiveness was right behind it with a little over 50 million, but reconciliation
was around 11 million. One reason I believe that is the case is because of the
television show, which added more result to the term. I also think a lot of
people are having the revenge state of mind when they are in a conflict. But as for credible results to the term,
forgiveness is the winner. Through all the articles in my search I see how
important forgiveness is to society.
Hi Cyynntthia, when I searched the terms forgiveness, reconciliation, and revenge I had similar results to what came up for you. I found that there were more helpful sites that had to do with forgiveness than with the other two terms. I think that forgiveness is the most important out of the three terms because it is what must be done in order for the person who has been hurt to move forward in any kind of way. Not everyone wants to get revenge or to reconcile with the other person, but forgiveness is needed whether someone wants to walk away forever or try to rebuild the relationship.
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