Do third parties have the right to forgive?

[chakka35]

Christians often quote the mantra (obviously without thinking about it) that Jesus died on the cross to ‘save’ us and that our sins will be forgiven. (Not mine, I hastily add: sins are a religious concept which I don’t recognise.) The Lord’s prayer even asks for such forgiveness.

But what right has any third party to forgive the crimes that people have committed without consulting the victims of those crimes?

If someone raped your daughter or abused your child or murdered your mother or…. how would you feel on hearing that Jesus or some god or other had forgiven that person?
Would you shrug your shoulders and say” Oh well, that’s OK then” or would you be more likely to say “What bluddy impertinence!” and curse that person for his barefaced cheek?

How do Christians cope with this?

[naomi24]

Do third parties have the right to forgive? No, they don't.

Goodlife, //Well if you were God, what would you do to cleanse the earth of all the wickedness? //

He could have thought a bit more carefully before he created all the wickedness in the first place. After all, he can hardly say he didn't know what would happen.