Originally posted by @apathistSo you say
Repentance has nothing to do with gods or karma. If you feel bad about your behavior then you repent.
You pin your ability to forgive on an expectation of being forgiven yourself. Kelly, that would make your ability to forgive others entirely meaningless. If there were no all-powerful god ready to send you to hell if you don't forgive, then you'd retract your forgiveness of others?