A man brutally murders your family before youe eyes, security cameras and a hundred witnesses. His guilt is beyond doubt.
He is caught and hauled before the judge.
He exchanges a few words with the prosecutor, who turns around to the judge and says "the State has no case, your honour. The prosecution asks that all charges be dropped and the accused exhonerated."
The judge not only agrees, not only awards this murderer with a life-long pension, but turns around and convicts -you- because you didn't pay enough to the prosecutor.
(o.O)
Can anyone explain this parable?
2007-07-30 02:30:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your parable indicates that as guilty parties we should be judged according to our acts. The man who goes to 'prison' for a relatively minor crime is the man who is not 'Christian'. The judge is God.
The problem with your parable isn't in its logic. It is very true when taken from this perspective and thus is very absurd. But we are already prisoners. In fact, we are on death row. Our sins have already been accounted for; we have been tried and sentenced. What the 'murderer' now does is fall on the grace and forgiveness of the 'victim' and their family in the hopes that (the murderer's) life will be spared. This is the true parable of Christian Justice. We ask the victim for forgiveness, as we are remorseful of what we have done. (Non-Christians) don't even ask. They may ask the guards, their visitors, or their cellmates, and each of these parties may feel compassion for them, but the only person who can forgive them is the person they wronged in the first place, and how can they (the victim) do that if we (the murderers) never ask?
2007-07-30 02:41:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have two points to make about your parable. I think you're missing something.
1. Matthew 7:21
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
In other words, was the murderer following God's will, or did he suddenly decide to repent at the eleventh hour? Because if he didn't MEAN it, then it's not valid. Therefore, he'd still go to hell.
2. What happens to a person when they repent of all their sins, whether great or small?
They feel SORRY for what they've done, and THANKFUL that God forgave them.
Now how would a penitent murderer feel? I think hell would be within himself until he died. He would SO regret what he did. Murder is one of the most grievous sins that there is, and HE committed it. Imagine having to live with that.
I'm sorry if this doesn't explain things as well as I'd like, but I am reading a book that describes it better (basically took my thoughts, lol). If you'd like a copy, I'd send one to you. It's called "The Case for Faith" and it's by Lee Strobel. I've seen nearly all the questions you've asked on here in that book.
Just let me know if you'd like a copy. It would be my treat. I'd send it from Amazon.
2007-07-30 09:50:15 · answer #2 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your parable only works in countries like Korea or Pakistan or parts of Russia.
While I'll admit you might be able to buy off a prosecuter in America, it is less likely due to the Big Brotherism of organizations like GAO and Federal Prosecutors.
We watch corrupt politicans fall like crazy in America.
There was a line in Gorky Park about when charged with a Crime in America you buy yourself the best lawyer, while in Russia you are just wasting your money.
The kind of case you present used to exist in the days of "The Untouchables" where cities were machines and everyone could be bought off.
These days they don't buy prosecutors off, they simply fire those who don't play ball nicely with the others on the "team."
If you're trying to make some religious implications here it may exist in old Testement bible stories there were meant to make you think or in some religious sects who view things as hard and fast.
2007-07-30 09:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This isn't a parable. Not only so, but I've not heard of a case in the US in which such a thing ever happened. I know of no accused murderer who was exonerated and given anything other than his freedom. Furthermore, what does a human court have to do with Christian Justice (meaning Justice from the Christ)? At least in America everyone seems dead set against having anything of God or Christ in law at all, and the laws of this country do not reflect the justice of anything holy. So no, no one can explain your "parable" since it is not one and has nothing whatever to do with Christian anything.
2007-07-30 09:37:54 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Born again Murderer = Goes to Paradise.
Not born again Victim = Goes to Hellfire .
Moral of the story = When you accept Satanic teachings into your life you can do whatever you want because you now have the get out of hell card called GRACE.
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2007-07-30 09:33:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your understandings are so limited. You have this wall in your mind that traps you, so that you can't get it. I don't know why, maybe your mad at something, but you got something keeping you from the truth and understanding. It's like you've got everything backwards.
2007-07-30 09:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by Double-edged 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Cricket has the ticket
2007-07-30 22:13:31 · answer #7 · answered by Abbasangel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are looking at law and forgiveness.
2007-07-30 09:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the family was a family of terrorist ?
2007-07-30 09:34:51 · answer #9 · answered by chin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋