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OkayMichael McMahon wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 10:50 pmI admit I require objective sentencing because people are envious of my good looks!
Possible, could be, I'm not sure, who knows? God knows!
In the majority of cases of rape, the rapist is known by the victim beforehand, although not always as a friend.Michael McMahon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:18 am Many rape victims might not report rape because they were once a friend of the rapist. Yet a rape victim could still request the judge be forgiving which is one upside of individual sentences.
EVIDENCE?Michael McMahon wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 2:50 pm Fairness and legal precedents are of utmost importance. Sentencing must be consistent for people convicted for similar crimes in order to be as democratic as possible. There’s too much deviation.
No one has to apologise for being too forgiving seeing as it’s their choice. The dilemma is that the victim doesn’t always agree with the judge being very forgiving on their behalf. Forcing people to be very forgiving can be idealistic if forgiveness gets interpreted as a punishment for the victim instead of kindness. In other words is a judge willing to thank a victim for forgiving a defendant.
What the hell is this?Michael McMahon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:32 pmNo one has to apologise for being too forgiving seeing as it’s their choice. The dilemma is that the victim doesn’t always agree with the judge being very forgiving on their behalf. Forcing people to be very forgiving can be idealistic if forgiveness gets interpreted as a punishment for the victim instead of kindness. In other words is a judge willing to thank a victim for forgiving a defendant.
Christianity promotes forgiveness but the religion doesn’t force people into their faith. For example an atheist might not get an afterlife where being victimised by a killer can be worse.
You are writing gibberish.Michael McMahon wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 1:11 pmChristianity promotes forgiveness but the religion doesn’t force people into their faith. For example an atheist might not get an afterlife where being victimised by a killer can be worse.
Let’s imagine that total forgiveness of repentant criminals is actually the best possible option under Christianity. Yet absolute forgiveness will eventually contradict with humility because only Jesus was meant to be the best Christian. As such our desire for partial retaliation rather than hysterical vengeance is still a reflection that were not God. If the death penalty is playing God then so to is total forgiveness playing God!
Yes, exactly like a demented bot.Michael McMahon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 4:42 amLet’s imagine that total forgiveness of repentant criminals is actually the best possible option under Christianity. Yet absolute forgiveness will eventually contradict with humility because only Jesus was meant to be the best Christian. As such our desire for partial retaliation rather than hysterical vengeance is still a reflection that were not God. If the death penalty is playing God then so to is total forgiveness playing God!
Snoop Dog is not widely regarded as an expert on the Le Americana.Michael McMahon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:26 pmAbsolute forgiveness in a court system would outclass Christianity in the same way that communism would for an economic system. Hence compelling everyone to forgive every rapist or murderer with a suspended sentence would be almost too Christian in being emotionally communist about forgiveness. The limitation is that Christianity is a mysterious faith where we’re not all meant to be fully supernatural in our disposition. People who forgive everything are still very inspiring and nice as individuals but not necessarily as a possessive collective in the court system. The contradiction is that we’d end up being forgiving to really vengeful people where Christianity would resemble a gangland faith! It’d be like the rappers with crosses were so violent that they’d forgive anyone being evil to them simply because they too were willing to be aggressive. If a lot of people were taken out of context and viewed as being serious about Christianity then they’d appear transcendent in how forgiving they’d be:
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