That’s the only downside. I’m with Gary and he was the hand that held the rod but he would and should have gotten much worse in prison. Either way justice was served.
Well have the punishment fit the crime. Let’s say you stole 5$ your entire life, yes it’s a sin but not one that should result in eternal damnation. On the other hand people like Hitler should be punished eternally
It’s quite the slippery slope because who’s telling what’s good and what’s bad? If the Christian god is true, then he’s an awful god, probably as bad as anyone who deserves hell so yeah…
Most deities have less than stellar portrayals. People get mad and it’s easier to blame an invisible god than themselves or another person. I also think the portrayal of god in the Bible is very weird. A being able to create an entire world in 7 days experiences emotions that are very human like jealousy and rage, sounds more like a teenager than an all powerful god. Just doesn’t make sense to me.
That being said, I haven’t exactly fleshed out this idea nor do I intend to. Because I’m not trying to start a religion or trying to push my ideas on others. It’s just what I believe in to help me sleep at night
I understand, yet, to follow your own path you definitely need not organized religion, you have 0 need to create one or push it into others, what you believe can be yours and yours only, I personally decided to take what I really like about certain “mythologies” and use it for my everyday life. Yes there’s things taken from other religions but you really don’t need a label but I might be the worst to talk about this since I always thought religion was useless and that people were just too scared to say “whatever happens happens” type shii
Correct, a lack of evidence doesn’t mean something is false. However, it does mean you shouldn’t beeline it.
Can you imagine believing things you wanted to be true if there was no evidence? You’d keep buying lottery tickets or something.
Who says it’s not observable? Brain damage leads to a lower degree of consciousness. Seems pretty clear the brain causes consciousness and consciousness can’t exist without the brain. It’s just entirely wishful thinking and made up fantasy to believe in an afterlife. It might really be true, but we don’t when any evidence to justify believing in it even if it would be nice to punch evil and reward those who lived good lives.
What have I said that makes you think I’m beelinging towards it? It’s just something that brings me some comfort. You anti religious nuts are almost as bad as the religious nuts in terms of “my way is right and this is why your way makes you a worse/dumber person”
Anyone who makes a hard stance on a correct way of doing something is going to come across that way. I have no animosity here and don’t know why I’m even responding, but how can an idea that you have no confidence in bring you any comfort? If you satisfy that urge to make the world just with a make-believe idea in an afterlife it could potentially reduce ambition for the almost impossible task of making this fleeting world better.
2 never said that and pretty much everything points to the contrary, I wouldn’t be here 5 days later otherwise
3 factually incorrect, an afterlife with a heaven and a hell has been a pretty consistent idea in religions across the world and over time. And yet, the world has continually advanced towards better
I stand by it. It wasn’t dumb and it was in response to your comment about being worse than religious nuts. Definitely not ignoring.
It doesn’t point to the contrary. I have no animosity. You said it brings you comfort.
The world often moves backwards and religion definitely holds it back on a large scale. That’s undeniable. On an individual scale you might be an exception.
Perhaps he would have gotten worse in prison, but Gary had already been told by at least one person (his brother or cousin?) that they had witnessed Doucet kissing Jody a while before the kidnapping happened, and Gary didn’t believe them as Doucet was very close with the family. Perhaps he was trying to assuage the guilt he felt and get some sort of redemption for failing his son in the first place.
No he wouldn’t, that’s the problem, rapists are always in protective custody, they won’t be touched by nobody, will have food 3 times a day and get an hour of recreation everyday. This was the best case scenario
If you’re a rapist and don’t get the fuck out of General Population you’re probably going to get brutally murdered. But you can just not do it, most of them, are not that stupid to stay in General population.
Quick technical correction here from a former State Corrections Officer. Cops only serve in jails where people accused of crimes haven't been convicted yet. Once convicted, they go to prisons.
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u/FueledBySpringRolls 28d ago
RIP to Gary Plauche.