So a Facebook friend has been keeping me updated on the disappearance (now apparent murder) of a little girl in Florida. The friend mentioned that she felt as if she couldn't bring a child into a world where people are so callously murdered. The response she got was bible-scripture talking about judging not lest ye be, etc. etc. That God wants us to forgive, 'cause it's the Christian thing.
Look, I'm all for forgiveness. Someone takes your sandwich from the fridge at work? You forgive them! Someone doesn't put a fresh roll of TP on when they use the last one up? Forgiveness! Someone rapes, tortures, murders your child??? Sorry, I'm not Jesus -- forgiveness ain't even on the list. In that case, I leave forgiveness squarely in God's hands. And I? I want some vengeance.
Because as far as I'm concerned, people like that don't deserve to live. They do not deserve to breathe the same air that my children breathe. They don't deserve to live a life that a child doesn't get to live -- because of them. What they DO deserve is to die. Yeah, yeah, the death penalty isn't being carried out fairly, it's not a deterrent, blah blah blah. That doesn't mean it's inherently wrong. It just means that we have to change how it's carried out. But carried out it should be, and for more than just what we apply it t. Selling government secrets should not be considered worse that raping a child. And while sometime there's a darn good reason for murder, there's never a good reason for raping a baby. THAT is a crimes wothy of death.
So don't quote scripture to me. I'm human. I'm allowed to be a sinner. And if doing the "right" thing means forgiving a child molester, I don't mind being "wrong."

