Yoga teachers Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad analyse the use of unconditional love and the associated concept of forgiveness as a foundation for authoritarian control. They survey a number of religions worldwide and conclude that the imperative of forgiveness is often used by leaders to perpetrate cycles of ongoing abuse. They state that "to forgive without requiring the other to change is not only self-destructive, but ensures a dysfunctional relationship will remain so by continually rewarding mistreatment."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgiveness#As_a_foundation_for_authoritarian_control
"I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live" (Ezekiel: 33, 11).
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