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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible to get redemption after committing a heinous crime...? [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)They may come to a point of genuine repentance but they still have their obligations.
I could envision a scene in which the surviving bomber confesses a religious epiphany in the future but then graciously accepts the continuation of his sentence. If this were the case I would pray his penance is genuine and hope to see him redeemed in the eyes of God. If I didn't then I would be setting myself as the final arbiter of Right and Wrong. I cannot say, "Well, I'm no terrorist bomber!" in the hopes that his "greater" sins somehow grant license to my own. I would be a moral monster if I said such a thing as if I could do whatever I pleased so long as I didn't do *that* thing. That would be self-exalting and that is the key to all evil. Therefore, I will pray that he seeks the same Grace I pray is available to me.