CORRIE TEN BOOM'S RELIGIOUS VIEWS

Corrie ten Boom's religious views were directly in line with her actions during the Holocaust and World War II, and were centered on the Christian Gospel with a specific focus on the act of forgiveness. For example, in her book Tramp For The Lord, she recounts a tale where she was in Germany after World War II, and was approached by a former Nazi guard who had been incredibly cruel to her. She was very reluctant to forgive him, but she soon found that she would be able to do so if she prayed about it. She ended up seeing God in that man even though he had so brutally mistreated her, and it was a seminal moment in her view of not only the Nazi sympathizers, but also her general attitudes toward Christian forgiveness. The event was an important moment in understanding her religious views, and her desire to forgive and love everyone, and in every situation, in spite of their own personal faults and shortcomings. She later appeared on many television programs and in other speaking engagements to discuss her religious views, which included the concepts of forgiveness and God's unconditional love, while rejecting doctrines like Pre-Tribulation Rapture. She rejected this doctrine, and other doctrines that ill-prepared Christians for unconditional love, or otherwise were without Biblical Foundation. In all, Corrie ten Boom worked to live her life in forgiveness and love, as opposed to holding on to feelings of hate, deception, revenge, or anger.