why not take forgiveness if a person gives it to you willingly besides who in their right mind would want to be punished

I suppose it depends which end I'm on... am I being forgiven or punished?

It is better to forgive someone that is done something to you than rather get punish.

In reality choosing punishment or forgiveness is relitive to the sevarity of the wrong that has been done to you. For an example- if someone kills your brother, you want them to be punished for it. But, if someone takes your bag, but no damage was done, it's better to forgive rather than punish them for something so petty. Forgiveness is better because it leaves everyone feeling happier in the end, and we could use more happines in todays society and economy.

forgiveness is better than punishment... because i think that at first we should give a chance for people and forgive them... not to punish.. and of course it depends on situation either you forgive or punish... and I think it depends on person character

the worst part of this life is punishing someone for something, each person's life is his own business and no one has a right to force him to do something else...

each person has to be alowed to do anything that he wanna do...

forgive and forget...that is the best thing to do! even for your soul and mind! forgiveness simply shows that you are more superior and more mature! plus when you forgive..you learn to be more open towards your true feelings and end up relieved and in one peace with yourself. put it on yourself, would you want to be forgiven or punished for a sin no matter how small it was? ;)

forgiveness because it seems that you cant not help to feel bad when you are holding a grudge against someone. it feels like you cant move on in your life without forgiving your enemies for what they did.

Forgiveness wins. A grudge only eats at the heart and can cause cancer.