[Gamecock]

Full Title: As Khmer Rouge guerrillas in the '70s, they took part in genocide. Now, as Christians, they ask for forgiveness

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well, this sure looks like what Jesus wants. The evil and hatred will not stop any other way. This, if real (and it could well be) won’t just be giving them a pass. They’ll have become turncoats, but turned against the devil. They’ll start fighting for the establishment of a believing society in which future Pol Pots will not be able to get even a toehold.

[Reno89519]

I do not care their remorse or any of this. If they were Khmer Rouge killers, they should be tried and executed. Never free, never rehabilitated. Christianity cannot be a path for such murderers to walk free. Heck, anyone can kill anyone, claim forgiveness, and move on. Seriously?

[DesertRhino]

They should be forgiven. So should SS men who murdered rows ok naked women in eastern Europe. They should go to the gallows happy in the knowledge that they are forgiven by us, and by Jesus.

Or by “forgiven”, do they mean “face no consequences”?

[DesertRhino]

At least when japs make a mistake and kill themselves in remorse, you know it was sincere.
Otherwise, they are just angling to avoid punishment.

[Ciaphas Cain]

There is forgiveness by God, always.

But there is also a temporal requirement for justice.

If these people are guilty of murder and genocide, and if they are truly penitent, then they should do the right thing and hand themselves over to due process of law, own up to their crimes, and accept the consequences.

[Capt. Tom]

Today, the Christian pastor — who runs a small church in her modest home, surrounded by fruit and vegetable crops — said she believes in practicing forgiveness toward Duch and the other leaders on trial at the tribunal.

This can be looked at in several ways based on your feelings.
Myself in the position of a Christian pastor I would say:Thank God you became a Christian, because you have a way to salvation.

We will pray to Almighty God with you, asking God to forgive you.

Then we are going to execute you, and hope you are forgiven and will soon be in heaven sitting at the right hand of God living happily ever after.

Good bye. - BANG!!.....Next case. - Tom

[BeadCounter]

They may receive forgiveness from God; but as Pat Robertson said about some other situation this reminds me of, there is still “temporal punishment”;

Temporal - relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.

[WMarshal]

They should not be executed or imprisoned. They should be sentenced for life to toil in service towards the betterment of the lives of Cambodians. They should be fed and given mediacal care but everything else should be toil. If their repentance is sincere they will accept it gladly and fully until their dying day.

We all know what power governments have over the lives and thoughts of ordinary citizens, these repentance should be given the chance to prove their rejection of sins before they meet their maker.

Let them live the life of the penitent monk toiling for others until their dying day.

[cloudmountain]

If "they" are serious then they don't need all this world hoop-la.
As Catholics they must confess their sins.
As other non-Catholic Christians then they need only say to the Lord that they are sorry...and that's enough to be forgiven.