Michael Kierkegaard, Søren's father, never forgave himself for cursing God.

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Michael Kierkegaard, deeply religious but also tormented by guilt and melancholy, is said to have believed that his family was cursed because of his own cursing of God in his youth, a burden he reportedly never fully forgave himself for. This sense of being under a divine curse was a significant aspect of the emotional and spiritual environment in which Søren Kierkegaard was raised.

Michael Kierkegaard, Søren's Father, Never Forgave Himself for Cursing God