Re: OT - I may be in the minority

Haven't attended any. I just know what I've heard and read from the
Religious Right: Law and Order; Tough on Crime; build more prisons;
etc. etc.. It's increasingly clear that their idea of forgiveness
applies only to little stuff like sassing mom, not putting your clothes
away, and things like that. Major sins must be punished, and punished
as severely as possible.

Eliyahu

Anne Vasquez wrote:
You must have been attending different Christian churches than I have,
Eli. I've never heard that doctrine.


Eliyahu wrote:


That's called "specific deterrence" (as opposed to the general
deterrence you've advocated earlier). Since we do virtually nothing in
the way of rehabilitative programming in our jails and prisons, it
generally translates into doing a life sentence in installments. I
suppose we could eliminate recidivism by following the North Korean
model and imposing life sentences and/or death penalties for just about
all crimes. It's made NK a relatively crime-free country where the
only thing the people have to fear is the State. It would also fit
perfectly with the current Christian doctrine of "no forgiveness, no
redemption, and punish as hard as possible." By coincidence, that's
also the Islamic philosophy... strict justice without mercy.

Eliyahu


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