Justice would be served if the rapists went to jail. Justice will be served when you go to hell.
What did I do, to deserve an eternal punishment?
Especially considering that you do not know anything about me...
On the other hand there is what is called ...mercy. Mercy is having your sins imputed to Christ Jesus.
No. Mercy would simply be "I won't punish you", without further additional nonsense.
For mercy, there is no requirement at all that "someone else" must take the punishment.
That makes zero sense.
Punishing a scapegoat for the crimes of others is not mercy. It's just absurd.
According to your belief...everyone would go to hell with no way out.
Why? What has everyone done that they deserve an eternal punishment?
Your mindreading device seems broken.
According to my beliefs (ie: my moral standards and sense of justice), people should be judged on an individual basis based on what they actually DID.
According to my beliefs (ie: my moral standards and sense of justice), an infinite punishment for a finite crime is also always unjust.
According to my beliefs (ie: my moral standards and sense of justice), punishing a scapegoat for the crimes of others, is absurd and immoral.
According to my beliefs (ie: my moral standards and sense of justice), holding people responsible for crimes committed by their ancestors, is absurd and immoral.
According to my beliefs (ie: my moral standards and sense of justice), handing out punishments OR rewards based on what people
believe (on faith, of all things...), is absurd and immoral.
There would be absolutely no mercy and only justice.
I have no problem with mercy when it is appropriate. There can be lots of reasons.
But my idea of mercy is limited to simply the guilty being spared of the punishment that (s)he deserves on paper. There is no requirement that someone MUST be punished. The idea that mercy can only be given to criminal A, if innocent person B goes to jail in the place of A - while A even gets a reward instead, is absurd beyond words. It's immoral beyond words.
