13 Dec., 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is believed by many moderns that hanging is a “cruel and unusual” punishment. Even a quick, painless execution is deemed unconscionable by many who presume to know a justice above and beyond that which is dictated by the Creator. But to argue with the fool – he who believes in neither a Creator nor his bona fide Law – is vanity, perhaps. But, argue we must if we have any hope for establishing justice in this world. (Yes, we shall never arrive at perfect justice, just as we shall never personally achieve perfection, but we press on, ever pursuing that goal. That is our Christian and human mission by Divine design.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hanging as an Influence for Deterrence <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Part of God’s plan in dealing out justice in THIS world is\nto provide a deterrent<\/em> for\ncriminally-oriented folks. That\ndeterrent, despite the objection that it does not work for the very\nhard-hearted, does work for the average sinner. \nDeterring evil-doers from carrying out all<\/em> their evil inclinations and intentions is a good<\/em> thing. And since capital punishment arguable serves\nas a deterrent as well as just punishment for capital crimes, it is best – and\nmost just – to re-establish and apply this effective remedy for misbehavior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hanging as a Merciful Option For Carrying Out Justice For Capital Crimes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hanging, especially publically carried out, is – one may\nimagine – a most effective means to instruct and influence citizens to take\nstock of themselves and strive for the maintenance of good character and\nbehavior. It is merciful from the\nperspective of another Judgment to come. The tortuous aspects of hanging the\nunrepentant serve to drive the hard-hearted to repentance. The hanged one is made to focus\nwhole-heartedly upon his impending departure from this life and the threatening\ndooms of another Judgment to come. Such\nalbeit swift contemplations may well lead to a concentrated turn from sin to\nthe pursuit of reconciliation with the ultimate Judge. Confession and forgiveness may well occur in\nthe moment<\/em>! Death, then, by hanging, far from\n“barbaric,” is a legitimate, even arguably the preferred means of\ncarrying out justice for capital crimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Scriptures do not mandate the means<\/em> of execution even though they surely identify capital crimes\nwhich merit the death penalty. The\nprinciple of death by hanging finds support, then, as a means of facilitating\nand encouraging repentance in the last, precious moments before justice is\ncarried out and the convict is dispatched forever. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 13 Dec., 2019 It is believed by many moderns that hanging is a “cruel and unusual” punishment. Even a quick, painless execution is deemed unconscionable by many who presume to know a justice above and beyond that which is dictated by the Creator. But to argue with the fool – he who believes in neither […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,21,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3091,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions\/3091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}