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Solitary Nation: A foretaste of hell?

April 23, 2014 by Randal

Yesterday I watched the latest documentary from the wonderful PBS program “Frontline”. The documentary is called “Solitary Nation” and it is part of a two-part series on the criminal justice system in America which is called “Locked-Up in America.” You can watch the documentaries online here. The film focuses on several months in the solitary […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: criminal justice, Frontline, hell, jurisprudence, justice, punishment, review, Solitary Nation

An eye for an eye, a paralysis for a paralysis

April 3, 2013 by Randal

In response to my article “The Reason for Hell: A critical engagement with Timothy Keller (Part 3)” FroKid04 wrote the following: “The consistent Biblical definition of retribution is the return of the sinner’s own sin upon his own head.  The righteous judgment of God is a wrath that sinner’s have “stored up for themselves” (Rom […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: crime, eye for an eye, lex talionis, punishment, retributive justice

Does Jesus commend the killing of children in Mark 7:10?

January 10, 2013 by Randal

In “Would Jesus stone a misbehaving child?” I argued that he wouldn’t. One of my readers, Jeff, responded as follows: “Jesus affirms in Mark 7:10 the practice of stoning rebellious children, and we don’t have any manuscript evidence (that I’m aware of, at least) that this is an inauthentic addition to Mark.” Jeff clearly believes […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Jesus, Old Testament, punishment, torah, violence

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