RE: If God sent your child to Hell.
May 26, 2015 at 3:45 pm
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2015 at 4:28 pm by robvalue.)
Unless your version of hell just means "not existing anymore" you're continuing a false equivocation. Yes, death is a terminal punishment. But the person doesn't suffer forever after they are given the death penalty.
Let me ask you then: would you rather cease to exist or be tortured forever? Do you have a preference?
There is another point to prison as well, which is to try and give the person time to rehabilitate. Obviously this is not always possible, but with shorter sentences the person gets "time out" and can come back stronger, should they wish to do so. Not so when you're just endlessly punishing someone without ever having the chance of redemption.
[Edited, I was being overly arrogant and pompous!]
Let me ask you then: would you rather cease to exist or be tortured forever? Do you have a preference?
There is another point to prison as well, which is to try and give the person time to rehabilitate. Obviously this is not always possible, but with shorter sentences the person gets "time out" and can come back stronger, should they wish to do so. Not so when you're just endlessly punishing someone without ever having the chance of redemption.
[Edited, I was being overly arrogant and pompous!]
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