[trisham]

I think that when we take the position that these isssues don’t deserve very serious consideration, we’re saying, “So and so doesn’t deserve forgiveness.” Well, I don’t deserve forgiveness. None of us deserves forgiveness, none of us earns salvation. What is there other than unmerited mercy from God?

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It is only God that forgives us.

We can make our own beliefs known, and we can try to convince ourselves and others that forgiveness is ours, but at the end, only God can forgive us.
It is His mercy that we require.

[Tax-chick]

The more I know that I need mercy, the more I think others should receive mercy from me. Maybe I’m wrong, but I have nothing to live on but unmerited mercy.

As I’ve said above, I’m not making decisions about death penalties. I have a vote, but what effect it has on anything past the City Sewer Board level, I’m sure I don’t know.

I was on the jury panel once for a capital murder case, but the judge told me I was a smartass, thanked me for the amusement value, and said I was “dismissed for cause.”