tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833391402454221781.post3926556007103581506..comments2023-09-16T05:56:54.422-07:00Comments on once|for|all|delivered: The danger or delight of delayed deathtoddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813896428597457804noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833391402454221781.post-59647023218650218092012-09-28T09:10:14.005-07:002012-09-28T09:10:14.005-07:00i think delayed punishment allows us to think that...i think delayed punishment allows us to think that there will be no punishment, or that we'll have time to redeem ourselves in the meantime.<br /><br />in the republic, socrates says that if anyone really thinks that they're inherently good without having to be pressured with the promise of justice (or at least retribution), just allow that person to imagine what he would do if invisible. i loved the line you wrote, "Delayed justice does not create in us more evil, it exposes the extent to which we are already evil." <br /><br />but even the things we do in secret are always seen by a just god, and there will be justice at the end of it all.Paige at The Minivan Voorstshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06751312398782071480noreply@blogger.com