When I think of a criminal being redeemed, I think of the thief on the cross
who said that We are getting the just rewards for our deeds.
I believe that St Augustine of Hippo did not want to execute heretics, but
wanted to give them an opportunity to turn from their wicked ways.
If a person is
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Does
that mean that it is illegitimate to base one's opposition tocapital
punishment on it (or, for that matter, a literal, albeitdebatable, reading
of "Thou Shalt Not Kill"), or, conversely,
PM
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Subject: RE: Can a murderer ever be redeemed?
I can understand Eugene's point, but let me try this
response: We spend a lot of time arguing about the extent to
which explicitly theological notions should be allowed to
play a part
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Yet surely the answer is that it's perfectly legitimate forpeople
to base either their support or opposition to capital punishmenton
religious justifications, just as it's legitimate for
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Subject: RE: Can a murderer ever be redeemed?
A friendly amendment to Eugene's question is whether anyone
I have no certainty about guilt or innocence in this particular
case.In any event, the real problem for me is trusting in a judicial
system that concludes that blacks are chattel property, that Native Americans
are not persons, and that children before birth are not endowed with the natural
religious principles.)
sandy
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murderer ever be redeemed?
I have no certainty about guilt or innocence in this particular
Folks: This is an interesting question, but it seems to me that on this
list we ought to discuss it only to the extent that it touches on the
law of government and religion. (What religious people should think
about death penalty law wouldn't, I think, quite qualify.)
Eugene
