(March 10, 2015 at 5:53 pm)MilesAbbott81 Wrote: Again, I tell you children are punished for the sins of the fathers to the third and fourth generation. It's a terrible thing, yes. The wrath of God is terrible indeed.
From wikipedia just for reference. Because that's basically what your god does. And quite a few humans, who obviously had the same sense of justice. I'm down on my knees to adore this very moment.
Quote: Sippenhaft or Sippenhaftung (English: "kin liability") refers to the principle of families sharing the responsibility for a crime committed by one of its members. A relative of the perpetrator could thus be punished in place of or in addition to the perpetrator, depending on the circumstances. As a legal principle, it is derived from Germanic law in the middle ages, there usually in the form of fines and compensations. The same principle is also found in many non-western cultures.
In modern totalitarian states it is one form of collective punishment, often used for harassment or extortion. Examples are communist East Germany and on a larger scale in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia towards the end of the World War II. A contemporary example is North Korea.