Having completed the first ten hot miles of this 300-mile journey, I'm already feeling the physical pain in my ankles and the ache and burn of too much sun on my head and face. It only takes a second to remember that the 'pain' we experience on this journey is nothing compared to the pain of the families of murder victims and of those on death row!
Strangely, I also am thinking of a line from the original Jaws movie when the main characters realize the size of their task and one says, "We're gonna need a bigger boat!" As I feel the sunburn, I'm thinking, "I'm gonna need a bigger hat!", not to mention something for this ankle pain... SB
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I am a christian, but I also believe in the death penalty on certain cases..I understand that all people make mistakes & some people are innocent in prison, but most of them are guilty.. I believe those should die the day there court case is finished.. Why spend time & money on people like that?? If they were already saved & believed in the lord how could they kill there own children or people they don't even know.. Reading about your organization today I wasn't really sure how to feel after I read your blog.. Your complaint about how hot it was on your walk made me think about the 13 year old that was tied to a tree by his parents.. He was left there for dead.. He had no water to drink or no way to get out of the heat..I truly feel like they should receive the death penalty for what they have done.. What kind of a person does it take to do something like that??
I can't believe that you are doing this for that scum on death row. Remember the victims, not their killers. Those people should be taken out of this world in the same way that they took out their victims. I can't believe that you have any sympathy for them. Whose side are you on?
Where do we find the schedule...thanks, Jane
In response to Nikki, I can't see support for the death penalty as defensible from a Christian perspective. I encourage you to look at what Jesus said, for example in Matthew 5-7, and write back. I know you can find support for the death penalty in certain parts of the Bible, but you can also find strong support for slavery and polygamy. However, if you look at the Bible from Jesus' perspective, who we believe to be God in the flesh, I don't see any support for it at all.
Further, we have the death penalty in North Carolina. I wonder why it did not deter those parents from tying their son to that tree...
However, that's an awful tragedy that is too fresh too real and too personal for me to comment on in the near future.
As for Dudley's comments, there are too many inaccuracies and distortions for me to address while on this Pilgrimage. Remind me to get back to them after July 1st.
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