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I am not a Christian and I do not feel qualified to judge what constitutes a moral progress for a Christian. And even less qualified to pass any judgement on the widow and how she deals with the horror that entered her life. But as myself, for my own selfish reasons, I'd like my leaders be more like Trump. Being rewarded in the next life is not enough for me. I am not a Christian saint. I want bad people to be punished in this life, on this Earth, in front of my eyes. That's why we pay enormous money to the structures of government - to ensure things happen as they should here on Earth, not in the next life. Some Christians may not care about it, fine, but I do. And I do not see how mercy and love alone are going to protect me from people who were overjoyed by this murder - and all the previous murders - and already are itching for the next one and preparing the lists of candidates. I do not see any way to kumbaya out of it, sorry. I don't mean of course the right should start mirroring the left and descending to the depths of depravity that blue
hairsky personalities are wallowing in. But to feel certain revulsion towards them and to have a plan to seriously address the threat they are presenting is something that I feel appropriate.I suppose "forgiveness" is not well defined here.
I didn't parse her as saying his killer should go free and live his best material life from this point forward. More like she does not hold hate in her heart towards him nor is pursuing a campaign to punish him with maximum suffering.
A good Christian is not necessarily compelled to stop by he wheels of justice from grinding him to bits if the operators so deem it necessary. I think they very much see the functions of the state as a bit distinct from their religion and something that they needn't overly concern themselves with.
Yes, but somebody needs to make the wheels of justice grind. And for those people, forgiveness may not be the best priority. I agree that those may not be the concern of the widow, but they are certainly a concern for me as a member of the society, which wants the criminals like this murderer ground very thinly.
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