“For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.”

“Redemption comes to those who wait,
Forgiveness is the key.”

“Like most of the educated, I do harbor a fondness for the sins of my ignorant past.”

“The Lord does not forgive excuses, He forgives sin.”

“In Homer, existence
is flawed; transcendence, conditional;
' the journey from sin to redemption, perpetual”

“O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin.”

“God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth.”

“You should've loved me baby
When redemption's too blind
Nature took my soul
And sin left a scar so wide
Time ravaged my body
And now I live in the house
Where the red light's always on”

“I believe in me, in my view of the world. I believe in my responsibility for my own destiny, guilt for my own sins, merit for my own good deeds, determination of my own life. I don't believe in miracles, I believe in hard work.”

“I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life. But most importantly, I believe in the example that Jesus set by feeding the hungry and healing the sick and always prioritizing the least of these over the powerful. I didn't 'fall out in church' as they say, but there was a very strong awakening in me of the importance of these issues in my life. I didn't want to walk alone on this journey. Accepting Jesus Christ in my life has been a powerful guide for my conduct and my values and my ideals..”