I remember that book...John Grisham wrote ...The Chamber.
And The Green Mile...except in that book I believe that the big gentle black man was actually innocent and some puny white jail guard was taunting him. Been a long time ago that I read that book.
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It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. (Psalms 118:8)
One of the things I liked about living in Texas was that, as the comedian Ron White put it, "when you kill somebody in Texas we kill you right back!"
When we moved to Tennessee in 1999 they had not had an execution in several decades so when one finally came up to do the angst was ridiculous. They brought up so many falses issues, etc I just told everybody that if they wanted to know how to successfully execute people they just needed to get advice from Texas.
I hope every single death row inmate makes things right with God before their exectuion but I also hope 100% of them are executed. Repentance and coming to Christ should be no escape from your earthly punishment but it sure can make eternity a lot better!
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
One issue (and it's not "false") that prevents me from supporting the death penalty is that a lot of convictions are wrong. Some are overturned, but not all. Many innocents have been executed, even in Texas!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
One issue (and it's not "false") that prevents me from supporting the death penalty is that a lot of convictions are wrong. Some are overturned, but not all. Many innocents have been executed, even in Texas!
I think the percentage is so small I am willing to live with it (no pun intended).
I think the safeguards in our judicial system weed out 99.9% of errors. In the small number of cases where an error has been made the person is usually still a terrible person with prior convictions for rape or some other violent crime. Not justifying executing people innocent of the crime they are accused of but just saying very few people on death row are good people.
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
Just to stir the pot a little bit, I believe the "state" has a right to sentence people to death.
However, I personally oppose both abortion and capital punishment.
My main reason is abortion is always taking an innocent life.
And there is a chance that capital punishment may be also.
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If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under - Ronald Reagan
The ones who yell the loudest against the death penalty yell the loudest for abortion. Hypocrites !!!
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Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
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