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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible to get redemption after committing a heinous crime...? [View all]MineralMan
(146,284 posts)How would someone redeem himself after killing people in a violent act that was deliberately designed to do just that.
One redeems something at a pawn shop by paying back what was loaned, plus interest. That's redemption.
How does someone repay killing and maiming people? As for the interest, I have little interest at all in such a thing. If a heinous act is voluntary, then there's no redemption possible, since the dead people are still dead and the maimed still maimed. Failing a resurrection of the dead or replacement of missing limbs, such acts cannot be redeemed.
Religion? I don't have any of that. If religion can restore the dead to life and heal missing limbs, then I'll listen to their talk of redemption.
Redemption means repayment. That is impossible in such cases. There is no possible repayment, so there is no redemption.