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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is it possible to get redemption after committing a heinous crime...? [View all]
...such as the bombing in Boston?
People of the Christian faith may think so? Would it ever be possible to do enough good deeds for society to redeem oneself from such crimes?
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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