The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Resorting to violence and the use of force at holy sites is unacceptable, whatever the reason might be.
Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.
Wickedness is its own punishment.
The severity of punishments ought to be relative to the state of the nation itself. Stronger and more easily felt impressions have to be made on a people only just out of the savage state. A lightning strike is needed to stop a fierce lion who is provoked by a gunshot.
This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.
There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.
It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.
All spiritual things are to be treated with sacred dignity. Humility and meekness are in accordance with the life of Christ, but they are to be shown in a dignified way.
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.
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