(September 4, 2013 at 3:30 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote:(September 4, 2013 at 3:01 pm)John V Wrote: 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.
Go to Turkey and get caught stealing and see how long you keep your hand, it's still used today and they do not believe in the Christian God.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.