tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362814435628501125.comments2009-12-17T05:07:07.504-06:00One Pilgrim's JourneyHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770107919152746665noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362814435628501125.post-42926830741088054512009-12-17T05:07:07.504-06:002009-12-17T05:07:07.504-06:00Hi,
Good one on People of Faith Rally for Darfur....Hi,<br /><br />Good one on People of Faith Rally for Darfur.This website http://debtfreeliving.smilestarters.com offers a complete collection of egreetings, ecards, and electronic postcards for you to choose from, absolutely FREE!<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Camilynncamilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024263073326014593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362814435628501125.post-67692947433016667392009-05-07T00:43:00.000-05:002009-05-07T00:43:00.000-05:00We are not "yours". You do not own us. We are peop...We are not "yours". You do not own us. We are people. Human beings with flaws and virtues just like everyone else. We are no more dangerous than anyone else on or OFF medication. Who are you to decide we are "the least amongst". We do not want your pity. We want respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362814435628501125.post-10004937845697794162009-03-30T21:19:00.000-05:002009-03-30T21:19:00.000-05:00Howard - Great to see your smiling face again - if...Howard - <BR/><BR/>Great to see your smiling face again - if only on my computer - and read your thoughts. I especially enjoyed the article about the Anna and Baby Jordan. I certainly never would have thought that the death of three students that I didn't know would have changed my life so completely.<BR/><BR/>I was so happy to have been there the day Baby Jordan was baptized to see Anna's mother and brother holding this new baby. Very powerful experience!<BR/><BR/>Hope you are well! Sounds like good things are happening for you!<BR/><BR/>Miss ya!<BR/><BR/>BethBeth Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15156263815984685037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362814435628501125.post-41791409466898414862008-10-05T05:34:00.000-05:002008-10-05T05:34:00.000-05:00What Ms. Woodford forgot, or didn't know, some imp...What Ms. Woodford forgot, or didn't know, some important issues.<BR/><BR/>The death penalty actually protects more innocents.<BR/><BR/>To state the blatantly clear, living murderers are much more likely to harm and murder, again, than are executed murderers. Although an obvious truism, Ms. Woodford overlooked the enhanced incapacitation benefits of the death penalty over incarceration.<BR/><BR/>No knowledgeable and honest party questions that the death penalty has the most extensive due process protections in US criminal law. Therefore, actual innocents are more likely to be sentenced to life imprisonment and more likely to die in prison serving under that sentence, that it is that an actual innocent will be executed. That is. logically, conclusive.<BR/><BR/>16 recent studies, inclusive of their defenses, find for death penalty deterrence. A surprise? No. Life is preferred over death. Death is feared more than life. Some believe that all studies with contrary findings negate those 16 studies. They don't. Studies which don't find for deterrence don't say no one is deterred, but that they couldn't measure those deterred. What prospect of a negative outcome doesn't deter some? There isn't one.<BR/><BR/>Regarding costs.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Woodford seems to have forgotten true reform. California should simply copy the Virginia model, whereby they have executed about 65% of those sentenced to death, with the average time on death row about 9 years, prior to execution, making the death penalty, very likely, less expensive than life without parole.<BR/><BR/>Regarding respect for life.<BR/><BR/>Societies imprison criminals because they value freedom so much. A sanction is only a sanction when we take away that which is valued. Therefore, the most severe sanction is reserved for that which we value most.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Woodford, that is why some societies reserve execution for murderers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>(1)"The Death Penalty", by Romano Amerio, professor at the Academy of Lugano, consultant to the Preparatory Commission of Vatican II, and a peritus (expert theologian) at the Council. <BR/>www.domid.blogspot.com/2007/05/amerio-on-capital-punishment.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>(2) John Stuart Mill, speech on the death penalty<BR/>http://www.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/web%20publishing/Mill_supports_death_penalty.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>(3) "Catholic and other Christian References: Support for the Death Penalty", at <BR/>www.homicidesurvivors.com/2006/10/12/catholic-and-other-christian-references-support-for-the-death-penalty.aspx<BR/><BR/><BR/>(4) Immanuel Kant, "The Right of Punishing", inclusive of the death penalty<BR/>http://web.telia.com/~u15509119/ny_sida_9.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>(5) "Capital Punishment: A Catholic Perspective", <BR/>by Br. Augustine (Emmanuel Valenza)<BR/>www.sspx.org/against_the_sound_bites/capital_punishment.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>(6) "Defending Capital Punishment" by William Gairdner<BR/>http://www.williamgairdner.com/defending-capital-punishment/<BR/><BR/><BR/>(7) "The Death Penalty", by Solange Strong Hertz<BR/>http://www.remnantnewspaper.com/Archives/archive-death%20penalty.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>(8) "Capital Punishment: The Case for Justice", Prof. J. Budziszewski, First Things, August / September 2004 found http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/BudziszewskiPunishment.shtml<BR/><BR/>(9) Just Violence: An Aristotelian Justification of Capital Punishment<BR/>http://www.csuchico.edu/pst/JustViolence.htmdudleysharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796468204722853648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362814435628501125.post-69941344218920918832008-09-30T19:46:00.000-05:002008-09-30T19:46:00.000-05:00So how are things going? I miss your smiling face...So how are things going? I miss your smiling face.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855579449482296273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362814435628501125.post-41361975326358941322008-08-01T11:38:00.000-05:002008-08-01T11:38:00.000-05:00I came upon this post by complete chance. Although...I came upon this post by complete chance. Although, I don't believe in chance and luck but that everything has a purpose and place... I'm not a Christian. I'm not anything I would feel comfortable putting a label on but I do have faith. A strong faith rooted in diverse religions and founded in my heart. I've been what I consider a scholar of religion since I was a child and I respect everyone and anyone with religion and faith, no matter what it may be. My point is... my experiences in Christian churches have been less than pleasant, I've tried almost every denomination and came out feeling judged and looked down upon because "they" were right and "I" was wrong. When in fact, no one would hear my testimony, no one would hold my hand and pray with me. I was beginning to give up hope, and for awhile, I had adopted Ghandi's philosophy of: 'I love your Christ and his teachings but have found little of your Christ in your Christians.'<BR/>Then. Today I came upon this passage in your blog. This passage brought me to tears. I sat here finding myself saying YES...YES! <BR/>Thank you for that gift. <BR/>I would very much like to come and hear you preach, or even come and talk to you and pray with you. I know that may sound strange but there is something in this blog that spoke to me.<BR/>I thought at the least that you should know that you touched a life and made a difference.<BR/>Bless you!<BR/>Love and light, AmyndaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com