He's actually sentenced to prison for 3-10 years. And he's been deemed a "sexually violent predator", so he'll have to register as a sex-offender and attend monthly counseling for the rest of his life.
Oh come now sir! You know these teaching better than me. But a couple come to mind. " Romans 12:19 ESV / 680 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” Revelation 21:8 ESV / 111 helpful votes But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
But I'm guessing you are fine with locking up children at the border, right? What would Jesus think of that? barfo
The purpose of prison time is justice for the dozen of victims who were drugged and raped. Fortunately the court seems to see the human value in the victims unlike you. Hey that Golden State Killer they just caught is 72 and he hasn't burglarized, raped, or killed a woman since 1986... we might as well give him a free pass too because vengeance is so passé and he's obviously rehabilitated or he wouldn't have stopped.
Oh I don't think the amount of time they give the dude changes the value the court places on the victims. Actually I don't think you really probably do either. The truth is, castration would likely serve society better than time in jail, even for the old dude.
...castrate an 81 year old man?...what purpose does that serve?...cut his balls off and turn him loose?...seriously? ...is that one of "Jesus' teachings"?
I don't claim to be any more knowledgeable than any other, and I know that much of scripture is open to interpretation, which was why I wanted to hear your perspective first before I gave my own. While it is true that many verses in the NT advise against vengeance, those are all (to my knowledge) about individuals taking vengeance into their own hands, which is very different than governmental meting out of justice. To that end, I submit Romans 13:1-4. There is most certainly no Biblical prohibition against government punishing criminals. In fact, it's expected, and identified as just and godly.
I've always read that as referring to God's sovereignty rather than His direct involvement. That is, that God would have prevented the establishment of said government if it directly conflicted with His directive will, so its existence assumes God's permission, if not necessarily His blessing. Just my reading of it, though. YMMV.
Except...Free will dictates that God doesn't give permision for anything. He sits back and watches and lets us choose to do good or bad. He doesn't permit killing or other crimes, he remains neutral and impartial. I am not religious by any means. This is merely my understanding of the bible and christianity. Took some classes in college where we looked at the bible as an historical text.
I can understand where you might have that view, but too much of scripture indicates God's involvement with humanity to suggest that He's completely hands off. However, I don't want to derail this thread by launching into a religious discourse, so I'll leave it at that.
You have to excuse MarAzul as he like many 'practicing christians' are picking and choosing what scripture best fits at this moment. Which is not what it says at all. At the end of the day Cosby is a child molester. Which is fucking disgusting. Put him in jail and leave it at that.
