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I Did a Terrible Thing. How Can I Apologize?

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I have to admit if a spouse left me while i was fighting cancer for someone else ...I would likely just want them out of my life as much as possible.

I don't know what is worse; the abandonment or the enabling by the therapist.

Shitty people all around. And the entire article comes off as selfish, this guy didn't deserve the forgiveness he longed for.

Ok I’ll resist. Percent Christian in the US is now down to 70% and dropping rapidly according to Pew. In another 10 years we’ll thankfully be able to say this is not a Christian nation.

It never was (or at least was never intended to be).

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-schweitzer/founding-fath...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli

There’s a difference between stating a statistical fact and making a claim of foundation. GP is talking about the stats, not making a statement about any kind of official establishment.

I imagine the 70% is an enormous embellishment to begin with, by those who are polled who claim to actively practice but really don't.

My parents were aghast when a cousin said they wouldn't baptize their new child.

Yet they hadn't gone to church in nearly twenty years.

There's a reason Dante reserved the worst circle of hell for betrayers. I'm glad that she took the time to apologize to her ex-wife. It's better than nothing.

That said, the woman is promoting her new book on empathy, the implied claim being that she is now an expert.

No. You don't get to profit off of your redemptive journey (which I truly hope she doesn't think is complete). It boils the blood. I initially had a lot more expletives in this part of my comment draft.

It's a she. http://www.crisbeam.com/about

Thank you, edited.

also, f her, f NY times, this whole time I thought Cris was a dude named Chris. Calling her wife like it ain't no thing is really getting old now, and throwing in those Jewish words like she asking from them too. Yep, she's a sellout, she sold her soul long ago, now she's selling her time, but you be careful with that Dante dude too, many people sold them selves for fame and recognition.

> throwing in those Jewish words like she asking from them too

What does this mean? What is asking from them?

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