tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882165486994692239.post7569877332255321020..comments2023-10-07T18:05:08.760+03:00Comments on Calvinistic Cartoons: Greg Koukl on Capital PunishmentEddie Eddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864410680077755048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882165486994692239.post-87156510054546950012013-03-30T08:37:36.261+03:002013-03-30T08:37:36.261+03:00"Crime is not pathological, deserving rehabil..."Crime is not pathological, deserving rehabilitation, but moral, deserving punishment."<br /><br />I like that.Fake Coke Canhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323511155863715812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882165486994692239.post-43929236778291545242013-03-30T04:38:43.555+03:002013-03-30T04:38:43.555+03:00This is a very good argument, and I'm glad to ...This is a very good argument, and I'm glad to see that someone is making it. I don't suppose you've read G. K. Chesterton's essay on the matter?<br /><br />On a different line of thought, I would wonder what an argument would look like for both sides on the retributive versus rehabilitative theory of eternal punishment (Hell). At first, I assumed there was no rehabilitative vision of this. After all, what's the point of a repentant soul stuck forever in a place like that? Then I remembered the Catholic version, known as purgatory. The fact is, there is no purgatory; there is only Hell, because punishment, from God's view, is strictly retributive and not reformative.<br /><br />This is not to say that God doesn't use hardship to reform us. In fact, he does, but it is not intended as a punishment. It just happens to hurt. It's not much fun, but it motivates me to learn faster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com