(December 17, 2016 at 7:10 pm)chimp3 Wrote:(December 17, 2016 at 10:40 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Again, forgiveness =/= no consequences in this world.
You commit a violent crime, you do the time to insure societal safety, regardless of whether or not you are forgiven by anyone. We are called to forgive all ppl, even if they are not sorry for what they have done. that doesn't mean we release dangerous ppl back into the street where they can continue to hurt other innocent ppl.
You're trying to spin this into some sort of hypocrisy when it's not.
No search for hypocrisy. I am sincerely curious as to how people think about this issue. I imagined that most Christians would be pragmatic about this scenario.
Gotcha. Sorry for jumping to conclusions.
Yeah, most Christians will answer exactly as RR and I did. Can't say I can think of anyone who possibly wouldn't.
"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
