NBC: Police: Illinois woman stabs children 150 times, claiming 'devils' inside them

[RansomthePasserby]

This makes it interesting. Wouldn't that just (in a christians mind) speed up his entry into heaven? Why is the death penalty so favored in the south then? The most Christian part of the country wants killers to pay immediately so that they can just go to heaven?

I don't think Jesus was talking about necrophilia when He said, "your love for one another will prove that you are my disciples."

In the Christian mind, he's probably not going to heaven...

[stevemcqueen1]

This makes it interesting. Wouldn't that just (in a christians mind) speed up his entry into heaven? Why is the death penalty so favored in the south then? The most Christian part of the country wants killers to pay immediately so that they can just go to heaven?

I don't really believe in that stuff, it's irrelevant in the consideration to me.

Assuming the crime happened the way the article described, for me the question of just desert comes down to a few basic considerations.

A life is owed. If this had been my daughter or sister or loved one that had been violated and murdered in such a way, every fiber of my being would be compelling me to kill the man who had done it. I imagine it'd be the same for almost anyone. Every instinct I have would say that he must die.

A crime that monstrous raises questions about whether that man is even capable of being rehabilitated to a useful member of society. A crime that monstrous raises questions about whether or not the man even deserves the chance at rehabilitation.

[SkinsFTW]

In the Christian mind, he's probably not going to heaven...

Confession makes it all better.

[pjfootballer]

He was on probabation for trying to strangle a 17 year old girl in 1981. If there is a hell, he should go there. No repentance will change anything IMO.

[Bang]

If it makes you feel any better, I don't think you're going to hell

I don't think I am either, any more than i could ever go to Oz, or Neverland, or any imaginary place.

~Bang

[RansomthePasserby]

Confession makes it all better.

No. Confession doesn't change anything. And nothing is made 'better.' You can't undo what you've done.