Comments on: Judge gives criminal option: Jail or church http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/judge-gives-criminal-option-jail-or-church Religion editor Frank Lockwood's spirituality blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cheese http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/judge-gives-criminal-option-jail-or-church/comment-page-1#comment-20697 cheese Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:46:43 +0000 http://biblebeltblogger.com/?p=2046#comment-20697 You never know. He could just be casing the joint, so next time he doesn't get caught. I, for one, trust our legal system's ability to keep people honest more so than I do the churches. You never know. He could just be casing the joint, so next time he doesn’t get caught. I, for one, trust our legal system’s ability to keep people honest more so than I do the churches.

]]> By: José http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/judge-gives-criminal-option-jail-or-church/comment-page-1#comment-20651 José Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:00:56 +0000 http://biblebeltblogger.com/?p=2046#comment-20651 Normally I object to this kind of thing, the government using force in matters of religion, but this case has two mitigating factors. The young man is already a member of the church, so the judge is merely reinforcing an existing commitment. And after all it IS a United Methodist Church, for goodness sakes! And what about the parents? I wonder if they had any involvement in the sentencing. Normally I object to this kind of thing, the government using force in matters of religion, but this case has two mitigating factors. The young man is already a member of the church, so the judge is merely reinforcing an existing commitment. And after all it IS a United Methodist Church, for goodness sakes!

And what about the parents? I wonder if they had any involvement in the sentencing.

]]> By: Sophia Katt http://biblebeltblogger.com/index.php/religion/judge-gives-criminal-option-jail-or-church/comment-page-1#comment-20635 Sophia Katt Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:50:16 +0000 http://biblebeltblogger.com/?p=2046#comment-20635 Well, it's an interesting kind of precedent. Since I am deeply fond of chocolate, may I go break into Theo Chocolate (an organic free-trade factory in Fremont, WA) and receive a sentence of sitting in the factory, helping out, for three weeks? May I break into the historic 5th Avenue Theater this next week and sit through a national tour of South Pacific? I know I would learn a lot about chocolate, and washing that man right out of my hair... Well, it’s an interesting kind of precedent. Since I am deeply fond of chocolate, may I go break into Theo Chocolate (an organic free-trade factory in Fremont, WA) and receive a sentence of sitting in the factory, helping out, for three weeks? May I break into the historic 5th Avenue Theater this next week and sit through a national tour of South Pacific? I know I would learn a lot about chocolate, and washing that man right out of my hair…

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