(September 1, 2015 at 1:32 pm)abaris Wrote:(September 1, 2015 at 12:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: What he said was that he does not agree with life imprisonment.
"All Christians and people of good will are thus called today to struggle not only for abolition of the death penalty, whether it be legal or illegal and in all its forms, but also to improve prison conditions, out of respect for the human dignity of persons deprived of their liberty. And this, I connect with life imprisonment. Life imprisonment is a hidden death penalty."
I agree with everything he says here except his opposition to life imprisonment. I understand setting someone free when they are too old to hurt society, but how would a 75 year old man who's been in prison for 50 years know how to take care of himself in the real world?
Yes, I know that. And that's why I said, it's perfectly in line with what early christian church fathers said. Many of them opposed to capital punishment or extraditing any criminal to the authorities. They also were totally opposed to military service and threatened every christian becoming a soldier with excommunication. The canons of the Church of Alexandria absolutely forbade volunteering, which was the foundation of the Roman Army, and authoritatively laid down that ‘it was not fitting for Christians to bear arms.
Prior to 325, when the council of Niccea threw all of this out the window to please the Roman emperor.
Oh I see. My apologies, I misunderstood.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
