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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible to get redemption after committing a heinous crime...? [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)69. Reading the back of cereal box may not actually give you the breadth of information you presume it d
Reading the back of cereal box may not actually give you the breadth of information you presume it does...
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Is it possible to get redemption after committing a heinous crime...? [View all]
kentuck
Apr 2013
OP
It was just a continuation of the war that has been going on for a few thousand years
AngryAmish
Apr 2013
#48
that was all jane fonda's fault. if not for her corrupting youth, the US would have won.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#76
Constantine is said to have converted to Christianity after murdering his son and wife
REP
Apr 2013
#53
mein furher if you confess your sins all is forgiven and you will go to heaven despite your "sins" n
msongs
Apr 2013
#17
That's really not how it works. Speaking words of confession would not be enough...
yawnmaster
Apr 2013
#63
Reading the back of cereal box may not actually give you the breadth of information you presume it d
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#69
I don't know. Seems to me an essential part of "redemption" is paying the price for what you did.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#18
It is my understanding that many Christians believe in a "born again of the spirit" experience,
Zorra
Apr 2013
#20
I don't know - think about "child soldiers". Some of them get out of that situation and
haele
Apr 2013
#40
Bill Ayers became a professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago,
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#57
I think those responsible should bear full responsibility for their actions
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2013
#59
I'll bet everyone on this thread tears up when Red meets Andy Dufresne on the beach
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#68
I understand that people who hold that view like to think it is scientifically grounded
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#91