"I would argue that an unwillingness to impose, or real discomfort with calling for, just punishment in response to crime isn’t, as I suspect many like to think, evidence of a merciful disposition but rather a badly coarsened conscience." I often wonder if this is the same ideology that caused the imprecatory psalms to be cut out of the …
"I would argue that an unwillingness to impose, or real discomfort with calling for, just punishment in response to crime isn’t, as I suspect many like to think, evidence of a merciful disposition but rather a badly coarsened conscience." I often wonder if this is the same ideology that caused the imprecatory psalms to be cut out of the Liturgy of the Hours and passages that speak of Hell or God's anger to largely be left out of Mass readings. Someone uncomfortable with punishing earthly crimes certainly won't want to be reminded of the possibility of divine punishment.
"I would argue that an unwillingness to impose, or real discomfort with calling for, just punishment in response to crime isn’t, as I suspect many like to think, evidence of a merciful disposition but rather a badly coarsened conscience." I often wonder if this is the same ideology that caused the imprecatory psalms to be cut out of the Liturgy of the Hours and passages that speak of Hell or God's anger to largely be left out of Mass readings. Someone uncomfortable with punishing earthly crimes certainly won't want to be reminded of the possibility of divine punishment.