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[–] 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (21 children)

Imagine a club where you can rape and pillage your entire life, ask for forgiveness on your dying breath and you're in.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    As long as you don't intend to ask for forgiveness in the first place

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Right. You have to have genuine remorse. Still dumb though.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I dunno, I guess I think punitive justice is an inherently fucked up concept. When I was a kid, adults used to say two wrongs don't make a right. At first I thought they were full of shit, but as I grew older, I learned how horrible prisons are and how they don't make people better.

    In Christianity, you have to mean it. People can't turn their beliefs on a dime like that, meaning it takes work. You have to have done the work. Anyone who's successfully sacrificing Jesus would basically be capable of giving a meaningful apology to the victims and rehabilitating themself.

    Still, heaven isn't for Me. It's just not My aesthetic. When I die, I'm going to Ninuan.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Sure, they can be forgiven, by God, after they suffered a horrible death themselves.

    We don't even have to execute them, just denny them any services or any companionship from society. Anything not a basic need, and they will wish they died.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    After all the Deans being posted on Lemmy, I think I want to talk about Community.

    After Chang kidnapped the Dean and took over the school and was defeated by the study group, he showed up claiming to have Changnesia. Changnesia is a ridiculous lie and nobody believes it at first, but they decide to give him a chance, because we've all done bad things.

    Over time we get confirmation that Chang faked his Changnesia, and the characters end up pretty sure of it too. But still, they don't expose him as a fraud and they don't send him to prison, where legally, he belongs. Because prison doesn't solve problems.

    Nobody ever trusts Chang again. Everyone knows he can't be trusted. He can't be given power. He's evil. But he also has feelings, and he deserves happiness, as long as his happiness doesn't involve hurting anyone.

    May we all have our own redemption, even if it must come from something as absurd as Changnesia.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Notably, you're not asking for forgiveness from your victims. So you get to rape them, never apologize, and then still get to say "Welp. It's already been forgiven by some other guy!"

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago

    The one-true-and-perfectly-good has tried to genocide all form of life by drawning them under rain (fishes got very affraid)... but so yes, you won't get in his club without at least trying to be a bit as him…

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  • [+] -7 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

    You can also ask how to spell you're

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    Are you too disabled to proofread?

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

    I'm not perfect but I strive to better myself. Everyone should.

    Don't try to score pity points. Take valid criticism and improve your ass instead of attempting a weak counterattack. Taking responsibility for your failure is the first step toward improvement.

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