(September 4, 2013 at 3:01 pm)John V Wrote:(September 4, 2013 at 2:49 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: I agree with Max...if this lunacy was anywhere else but the bible, there would be no question as to it's silliness. Throw god into it, and suddenly the deluded feel the need to defend him...warts and all.You seriously consider it lunacy to say that punishment should be commensurate with the crime? Heck, atheists argue just that all the time with regard to eternal punishment.
The passage quoted goes beyond commensuration, so this I call lunacy. Actually, 'cruel and unusual' is a more appropriate label.
Just because you believe your god to be just and fair doesn't make it so.