Restorative Justice #afa #asatru #asatrufolkassembly #shorts
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about the concept of an oath and how it can be used to make up for the wrongs you ve done in the past. It s a contract between you and the person you swore to do something, and you can try to make things right with them.
Transcript
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because that's kind of a fundamental we talk about you know in the criminal justice system
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we still give lip service to the idea of paying your debt to society we don't really do a lot of
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that anymore you know you going to prison doesn't pay a debt to society society doesn't benefit from
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that anyway but one of the fundamental concepts of our sense of justice is that you fix what you broke
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and you can't always do that but often you can try to compensate someone of equivalent value to
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whatever you failed on or you didn't do right maybe there's things that you swore to do in
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the past you didn't do maybe there's ways you can make that up to the person fulfilling some
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of your obligations from the past is better than fulfilling none of them and making a good faith
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attempt at making things right with the oaths that you haven't lived up to there's honor and
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there's a value in that yes the gods judge you and your ancestors judge you because they're watching
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and they see what you do and they know your reputation but your oath is between the person
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that you oath you compensate them if you and i have an oath and you try to make it right with me
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I have the ability to release you from your part of the oath and call it good.
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It's a contract and an agreement that we have amongst ourselves, and people are able to let
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you out of something or to make a compromise or to forgive a debt. You're in debt to the person
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that you wronged. There's a lot to be said sometimes to people. The thought absolutely
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matters, especially if it's a debt they never thought they'd be able to collect on.