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I have no idea what you're trying to say, or ask, in relation to my post. Could you try wording it differently or otherwise explain what you mean? I seem to be having difficulty relating your post to mine.

Something for consideration: When you are an unforgiving person for the perceived wrongs of others against you and find yourself full of all sorts of little grudges and resentments against them your innermost being becomes tainted and your heart full of hatred without your even realizing it...

I suppose whether or not it is a transaction is dependent on what the nature of a transaction is considered to be, but it definitely does set terms for forgiveness. And I agree that it is a call to live a life like his, something we should strive for in all aspects of our lives if we are saved...

Something that seems simple on the surface and easy to understand, but which, when meditating on its deeper meanings, is an extremely expansive thing that few can actually fully grasp.

For most men, at least at some point in their lives, a woman's hair is a highly attractive thing that leads them to noticing their beauty rather than ignoring it.

This is how I've always understood it, but doesn't this make forgiveness a transactional thing, contingent on your doing certain things, such as forgiving others, in return?

Those things I can, and should, do for myself and those things that are not in accord with his will for me. The Lord is not Harry Potter's magic wand that I can pull out and wave to get him to do something for me, but a guide that helps me in handling things the way he wants me to if I call on...

What is the Catholic understanding of "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us"?

Multiple States, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico and others have weather modification laws that cover things like cloud seeding. I think mostly for the purpose of laying sole claim to rain and other atmospheric moisture as exclusively belonging to them and not allowing claims from some...

Jesus told us we would be like the Angels in heaven, and they are not reproductive creatures.

My opinion is that Netflix is an instrument of Satan and the money you to pay to watch it is nothing more than a tithe to him so he can carry out his work and a Christian should have no business with it. But to each his own (Galatians 6:5).

Those abusing or fraudulently using the systems.

It shouldn't have any effect on you at all.

Where I come from, we feed that stuff to cows then eat the cows. Does that count?

I suspect that Heaven will be very different than most people think it will be.

Is this to say God is not your master? That you do not serve him?

Just a sign of the times we are in. As we draw closer to the fulfillment this will become more and more common to the point that it is almost the norm. Matthew 24:4

My works are done in servitude to God to his glory, out of love for him as my master, not to earn anything from him in return.

As Obama declared "We are no longer just a Christian nation ...".

A follower of Christ?