It is interesting that the person who wrote the article is more concerned for the broadening of shame away from "truly harmful vices". There is, however, another very important point regards the sinner which is even made in the context of ancient Biblical law in Deuteronomy:
"Deuteronomy 25:2-3 2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make him lie down and have him flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime deserves, 3 but he must not give him more than forty lashes. If he is flogged more than that, your brother will be degraded in your eyes." While the punishment of flogging is recognised as barbaric today, the concern not to degrade or humiliate the offender is a truly spiritual point. This shows that a utilitarian approach to punishment insufficiently appreciates aspects of justice that were known even in ancient Israel and understood to be "of God." The dignity of the sinner seems to be irrevocable in God's eyes. - Greg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Webb Sent: Wednesday, 4 August 2004 11:12 PM To: Terry; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fear of a dissident minority often masquerades as moral disapproval. http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i48/48b00601.htm This isn't directed at Terry, but I was reminded of a phrase in this post when I read this article. Stephen Terry wrote: > > > Rubbish, I am not and never have been a homo hater, have known some > nice ones and in fact have a nephew who is one also and lives in a > same sex relationship. It is not the orientation that I have > difficulty with it 's the sexual practice and if you don't think that > it is condemned in Scripture then you must be reading a totally > different one to me. ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
