Maybe I used too many monkeys
Feb. 21st, 2006 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cyranoWhile I'm thinking about it.
So there's a man in prison right now, sentenced to death. And, like many people sentenced to death, he has Found Jesus and Become a Better Person. And is asking not to be killed since he has Found Jesus.
I am opposed to the death penalty. This has no bearing upon my question.
Which is this: If somebody had Found Jesus, then wouldn't they (thinking that killing a person is a Bad Thing) feel that they deserved to be punished for it? And with the Bible calling for an eye for an eye, wouldn't they think that punishment should be death?
This doesn't confuse me as much as the question about people who want to charge doctors who perform abortions with murder but not the women who request the service. But it confuses me.
So there's a man in prison right now, sentenced to death. And, like many people sentenced to death, he has Found Jesus and Become a Better Person. And is asking not to be killed since he has Found Jesus.
I am opposed to the death penalty. This has no bearing upon my question.
Which is this: If somebody had Found Jesus, then wouldn't they (thinking that killing a person is a Bad Thing) feel that they deserved to be punished for it? And with the Bible calling for an eye for an eye, wouldn't they think that punishment should be death?
This doesn't confuse me as much as the question about people who want to charge doctors who perform abortions with murder but not the women who request the service. But it confuses me.
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Date: 2006-02-22 04:23 pm (UTC)Christers, in theory believe in mercy, not justice. And, all it takes to get the mercy is asking for it with an honest heart, give or take.
Then there's Christ's "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone," and Ghandi's "Hate the sin, love the sinner," a nice Christer doctrine from a non-Christer. So. Nope, it's just dandy for Mr. Motherfucking Serial Killer to decide that, having asked forgiveness, he is a different person and can reasonably be trusted to go through life without transgressing again.
There is, however, no exhortation to hold retribution on Motherfucking Serial Killers in general, and if Jesus popped in and pointed out to me that I should wait to be without sin before I cast the first stone, I'd note that 1) I am without the sin of Motherfucking Serial Killing, and 2) He was originally talking about lesser issues involving consensual sex outside of marriage, not murder.
Which is not to say that I'd throw the switch (or drop the pills in the bucket, set loose the topless women to smother him, or whatever) myself. I believe in Human Fallibility far too thoroughly to chance actions with that kind of finality.