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Wow, some good discussion here. We’re getting into the ethics of the question now. At the risk of going academic on this and being insensitive to the victims (absolutely not my intention!), I’ve often wondered if these sorts of criminals are born that way or are manufactured. Is this a nurture/nature question?
Coming at the question from my faith background, I have to believe — even in the worst of examples — that no one falls outside of God’s redemptive plan. If it were so, if some monsters are just born broken and incapable of being touched by God’s love, then God is not god.
But if everyone can be reached by God, doesn’t that mean they can be reached by people? After all, we are made for community. What we do for the least of these, we do for God. In other words, if someone were to reach them before they made such tragic decisions or before they themselves were abused, perhaps they wouldn’t turn into such monsters in the first place?
» Posted By Rob On November 17, 2005 @ 12:27 pm
Carl, interesting scenarios. The self-righteous liberal in me wants to say, “Yes, even the worst in society deserve second chances and our forgiveness.” But then the justice-minded conservative in me shouts, “He deserves what he gets and should take responsibility for his actions.”
I guess it comes down to personal experience. For instance, it’s one thing to speak about grace and mercy when some tragedy hasn’t actually befallen your own. It’s entirely another when it has. But then again, is forgiveness really forgiveness when it’s only fairweather?
» Posted By Rob On November 15, 2005 @ 2:13 pm
🙂 yeah, but ours was an ecumenical blogging convention.
» Posted By Rob On November 18, 2005 @ 9:37 am
Lol, Mary. Sure, bring the gang! There’s room. As long as Tori refrains from slamming doors. Ahem… Angelia!
» Posted By Rob On November 10, 2005 @ 7:40 pm
I think it’s a fun picture of us, Jules! It’s a happy moment. 😀
» Posted By Rob On November 9, 2005 @ 11:07 am
Heh, not sure where she was at that point. I’m not exactly parent material yet!
» Posted By Rob On November 9, 2005 @ 9:19 am
Yay, it’s Kim!
Everybody say hi to Kim. She works at a cool coffee shop in Dallas.
» Posted By Rob On November 10, 2005 @ 11:38 am
Mwahahaha! I have infinite administrator power, Ciera! Yep, cleaned up your mess. But don’t be offended. I do the same for lots of other folks too. 🙂
» Posted By Rob On November 9, 2005 @ 2:35 pm
Thanks, Ciera, I’m flattered! 😳
» Posted By Rob On November 6, 2005 @ 1:29 pm
Sar’s got geek cred. She figured out the screen grab thing by herself.
Yeah I think Aragorn could kick my but with that hair of his, Mel (and Jules).
» Posted By Rob On November 6, 2005 @ 10:59 am
Ahh, I did a screen grab and cropped out the photo. Yeah, I’m a nerd. 🙂
» Posted By Rob On November 4, 2005 @ 12:48 pm
Who the heck is Jesse McCartney? Am I really that old now?
» Posted By Rob On November 3, 2005 @ 9:52 pm
Well people, it looks like B is winning. But if I have to cut off my Spock-doo, I’m partial to C.
Karen, just because I’m not photogenic doesn’t mean you have to be mean! 😛
» Posted By Rob On November 3, 2005 @ 6:08 pm
Did just that, Carl. Should be easier now.
» Posted By Rob On November 3, 2005 @ 12:20 pm
I think it comes down to font selection. I need to find simpler fonts. Also, I suspect that the code plugin is case sensitive, but some of those fonts I grabbed might have smaller sized uppers to represent the lower cases. Oops!
» Posted By Rob On November 3, 2005 @ 9:28 am
Man, some people are never happy! (read: James). I got bombed with the poker spammers yesterday, so I turned the code widget back on. Fine, it’s off!
» Posted By Rob On November 3, 2005 @ 9:16 am
Hehe. 😛
» Posted By Rob On October 26, 2005 @ 7:33 pm
Ebb’s been training for the high altitude, cold climate!
» Posted By Rob On October 23, 2005 @ 7:45 pm
Aha! I download the episodes of the net and play them on my projector with this box:
https://www.electrolund.com/2005/09/photo-update/» Posted By Rob On October 23, 2005 @ 1:44 pm
Jimmy, I hope you know that I don’t have a TV. No football watching while you’re here!
» Posted By Rob On October 23, 2005 @ 1:30 pm
I’m sorry, Sar, you don’t have proper clearance. I’m going to have revoke your spamming privileges.
😉
» Posted By Rob On October 19, 2005 @ 5:08 pm
Try now, Jules. I changed some of the fonts. Any better?
» Posted By Rob On October 18, 2005 @ 2:54 pm
Terri, did you see the link below that pic? https://www.electrolund.com/photos/red_rock/index.html
» Posted By Rob On October 22, 2005 @ 3:42 pm
Sure haven’t, but I’ve heard the acoustics are fantastic. That will be fun some day.
» Posted By Rob On October 19, 2005 @ 5:58 pm
Well, my pictures are kind of misleading, Karen. I was at a park that has lots of accommodations. A good mixture of wildness and suburban amenities, i.e., paved sidewalks, bathrooms, etc.
🙂
» Posted By Rob On October 19, 2005 @ 3:46 pm
I’m not sure where that picture was taken. I was just in the foothills here. 😐
» Posted By Rob On October 18, 2005 @ 7:34 am
Sorry, Jules, I cheated a bit. That pic isn’t from my hike! I just scavanged it off the net. But all the pics in the next post were mine, I promise!
» Posted By Rob On October 16, 2005 @ 9:17 pm
Sure thing, Ciera. 🙂
» Posted By Rob On October 12, 2005 @ 7:23 pm
Scooter, there’s actually no math involved. No algebra, no trig, nothing. Just logic. 🙂
» Posted By Rob On October 11, 2005 @ 8:58 am
«« Back To Stats PageHey, I’m bored here already!
😛» Posted By Rob On October 10, 2005 @ 10:08 pm