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  • #16
    Because otherwise, in many instances people would get away with committing greater amounts of sin. Letting all punishment be the same is a perverse, unbiblical concept that in my opinion, our American justice system tends to lean toward. God is better than that.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Carrikature View Post
      Ok, I've read and understood so far. I'm curious why it should be the case that there are different levels of punishment. Why should God care?
      Justice.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Obsidian View Post
        Because otherwise, in many instances people would get away with committing greater amounts of sin. Letting all punishment be the same is a perverse, unbiblical concept that in my opinion, our American justice system tends to lean toward. God is better than that.
        This I don't get. Separation from God in whatever form is supposedly the worst it can be, yes? How does anyone 'get away' with committing greater amounts of sin?


        Originally posted by Paprika View Post
        Justice.
        Justice as a human concept is not necessarily the same as it is to God.
        I'm not here anymore.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Carrikature View Post
          Justice as a human concept is not necessarily the same as it is to God.
          Sure. But you're asking what the Christian perspective is, and it is that God is just, though of course His views of justice can and would differ in many cases from ours.

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