[Oege004]

What a stupid move ...

[Steve]

That fence sure made him holy.

[Spiffyfable]

Didn't the hot girl from Star Trek go out that way in the movie Death Wish

[philovan]

Originally Posted by Major_Tom ↗

Brings into question the nature of the question, is repenting while in physical and mental distress 'accepted'? Is coming to terms with life choices more spiritually meaningful if it is instead done in a moment of quiet reflection in comfortable surroundings? How can we tell if a realisation is due to torture or force, when a man might say anything, or internal revelation from natural thought processes? And does it matter?

Excellent questions. The key seems to be: is the repentance genuine? I would suppose that it is at least possible for repentance to be genuine under a wide variety of circumstances, including painful ones. The story of the thief on the cross would be one such instance. Christianity teaches that sincere repentance is acceptable to God.

I realize that this is all moot for atheists.

[Major_Tom]

Originally Posted by philovan ↗

Excellent questions. The key seems to be: is the repentance genuine? I would suppose that it is at least possible for repentance to be genuine under a wide variety of circumstances, including painful ones. The story of the thief on the cross would be one such instance. Christianity teaches that sincere repentance is acceptable to God.

I realize that this is all moot for atheists.

Surely a person would say anything to make torment end. But yes if it is the end of your life and no torturer to confess to, just your own thoughts on the cross, that seems different, why not die cursing God and the world, repenting and reflecting seems more genuine then, for sure.

[Dr_Jackal]

Looks like he got the point.

[Cryptkeeper]

I'm still on the fence over this one.

[XxsithlordxX]

Guy was caught thieving and decided to STICK around.

[Meridian]

Stuff like this goes right through me

[Nightcrawler]

I'm guessing the guy who made the fence is named Vlad