Gene #fundie

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(In response to the discussion topic of 'would you forgive a murderer?')

I'd offer my forgiveness (and reminder to him that he's going to hell anyway) about 10 seconds before the state flipped the switch executing him. Then I'd say a prayer of thanks to God for his execution and have a big old party celebrating it. That's how we Christians in Alabama handle forgiveness.

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old comment by Brain_In_A_Jar

There's no mouse heaven!
Seriously, what kind of vindictive, egomaniacal sicko would make the effort to get the boot in and crow one last time before someone's executed in a damn unpleasant way? Personally, I doubt I could ever feel anything resembling joy or happiness at the death of another human being, even an immoral one whose execution I agreed had to be done - merely sadness that a human life had ended, and that its potential, even if it had declined beyond hope decades earlier, had finally vanished altogether. Why thank God for the execution, by the way? God sure didn't strap the guy into the chair and attach heavy duty electrodes to him. If you're going to thank somebody, thank the state of Alabama for doing things the way you obviously like to see them done.

old comment by Maronan

Ah, so you celebrate human sacrifice and believe that no one can ever be redeemed.
I may be in disagreement with the rest of FSTDT here, but I don't think any crime (even murder) should carry a mandatory life sentence in all cases. What would you think if you went to a prison and saw a harmless 85-year-old man who had been there since he was 19, when he killed a friend in a fit of rage? Yes, he killed someone. This is not a minor crime that should be taken lightly. Nonetheless, he has already served over 60 years in prison, and is highly unlikely to commit another crime. He probably regretted killing his friend as soon as he calmed down from his rage. Why should he lose his whole life because of that one mistake? Of course, the death penalty is outrageous in any case; we don't want to give the government the power to kill, we'd end up killing innocent people, and the death penalty is not an effective deterrent, making it merely a form of primitive bloodthirsty revenge. Actually celebrating someone's execution is simply despicable.

Gene #fundie worldmagblog.com

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