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Stufe 1, Zukunftsvision Dezember 2009 und noch aktuell möchte ich behaupten. 

being Christian

The single most important Christian teaching is that sins can be forgiven. If sins cannot be forgiven, what is the alternative? 

I can think of two:

1. Bearing grudges forever ("I can never forgive him for..."); or
2. Lowering standards ("Everybody does some of that"; "boys will be boys").

We all know people who operate the first way and people who operate the second way.

The first way will eat you up from the inside; the second will make you into a scoundrel. ("What other people can get away with, I can too...")

Harmful acts that result from unawareness, inexperience, or honest errors of fact are not sins and do not need to be forgiven. But this category can't be broadened to include deliberate malice or lawlessness.

Forgiving a sin is like forgiving a debt. You don't claim it is not a debt; you may know the exact amount; but you choose to bear the expense yourself.