If I am your neighbor and rape your wife and have my son jailed for it, will you and your wife think justice was done the next morning while I am outside waiting for you to go to work?Hacktivista wrote:If all parties freely agree, of course.Gnostic Bishop wrote:Deuteronomy 24:16 (ESV) "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
Ezekiel 18:20 (ESV) The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice. [Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason]
Can anyone take your responsibility for your sins?
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DL
Can a parent be bound to pay the debt of his (adult) jailed son?
Can a loving parent freely pay the debt of his jailed son?
Is it moral to just ask ignoring the questions?
Will your wife spend a nice relaxing day with her rapist 50 feet away?
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DL