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"Why is it reasonable to believe in prisons, but not in the hell?"

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"Why is it reasonable to believe in prisons, but not in the hell?"
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RE: "Why is it reasonable to believe in prisons, but not in the hell?"
January 3, 2021 at 4:15 pm
Prisons, at least in the west, are not intended for revenge, but containment. Not even our death penalty is an act of eternal torture. Hell is not a corrective measure as a concept, or an act of containment, but an act of revenge.
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RE: "Why is it reasonable to believe in prisons, but not in the hell?" - by Brian37 - January 3, 2021 at 4:15 pm

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