Clearly, I watch way too much Law & Order, because this defense sounds like nothing new to me.
And, you know what? If you want to believe your god told you to murder someone, fine. But your god's endorsement and/or forgiveness do NOT exempt you from paying the temporal, earthly price for the crime you committed. Historically, what has made defiance of civil and religious law in the name of deity an act of supreme faith has been the knowledge that civil consequences will follow. That is how martyrs are made; that is why their sacrifices are revered.
This defense is a confession of, "I did it, and I'm not sorry I did it, and if you let me go, I will do it again," and it should be punished as exactly that.
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Date: 2010-01-14 07:25 am (UTC)And, you know what? If you want to believe your god told you to murder someone, fine. But your god's endorsement and/or forgiveness do NOT exempt you from paying the temporal, earthly price for the crime you committed. Historically, what has made defiance of civil and religious law in the name of deity an act of supreme faith has been the knowledge that civil consequences will follow. That is how martyrs are made; that is why their sacrifices are revered.
This defense is a confession of, "I did it, and I'm not sorry I did it, and if you let me go, I will do it again," and it should be punished as exactly that.