Because you don't truly know how you'll act until you are put in the horrific situation where a friend or family member is murdered. Forgiveness does not naturally come easy, and why should it? Ultimately those guidelines are so you can find peace for yourself, not so the offender has a better life.
> Ultimately those guidelines are so you can find peace for yourself, not so the offender has a better life.
I agree with this, however he also say that you should do to others as you would them do to you.
In other words, embrace empathy. What would you want to happen to yourself in a situation where you murdered someone in a psychosis.
Would you want a chance to get back to a normalish life or sit in a cell alone steadily having your mentality degrade?
I also do not know how I would act myself if one of my daughters were murdered, I hope I am prepared to forgive.
