What about insiders who may have committed evil acts, but eventually came out against them and provided valuable intel that saved the human race?

Are they evil?

What about those who were coerced and were complicit in heinous crimes, but may have committed those evil acts to save others?

Are they evil?

What about the brainwashed, who literally never had a chance, and maybe didn't even know they had committed those acts in their dominant personality?

Are they evil?

There are almost certainly people who are beyond hope of redemption. There are people who have committed horrible crimes and must be punished. The punishment for many of those crimes must be death, for the good of all. But even those who must die for their crimes may not be clearly (or purely) evil for reasons stated above.

We have the right, indeed the obligation to permanently remove from society (kill imo) those who cannot, for whatever reason, be redeemed. But goodness and evilness is a moral judgement, requiring the ability to look into someone's heart, and at the very least know the ENTIRE truth about the context of some action. That is a job for God (whatever that may mean to you), not for a mere human.

The best we can do is decide (as a group) if they can remain in society. We can't judge their soul.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Regardless of how you feel about the Bible, those are profound words.

What about insiders who may have committed evil acts, but eventually came out against them and provided valuable intel that saved the human race?

Are they evil?

What about those who were coerced and were complicit in heinous crimes, but may have committed those evil acts to save others?

Are they evil?

What about the brainwashed, who literally never had a chance, and maybe didn't even know they had committed those acts in their dominant personality?

Are they evil?

There are almost certainly people who are beyond hope of redemption. There are people who have committed horrible crimes and must be punished. The punishment for many of those crimes must be death, for the good of all. But even those who must die for their crimes may not be clearly (or purely) evil for reasons stated above.

We have the right, indeed the obligation to permanently remove from society (kill imo) those who cannot, for whatever reason, be redeemed. But goodness and evilness is a moral judgement, requiring the ability to look into someone's heart, and at the very least know the ENTIRE truth about the context of some action. That is a job for God (whatever that may mean to you), not for a mere human.

The best we can do is decide (as a group) if they can remain in society. We can't judge their soul.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Regardless of how you feel about the Bible, those are profound words.

What about insiders who may have committed evil acts, but eventually came out against them and provided valuable intel that saved the human race?

Are they evil?

What about those who were coerced and were complicit in heinous crimes, but may have these committed evil acts to save others?

Are they evil?

What about the brainwashed, who literally never had a chance, and maybe didn't even know they had committed those acts in their dominant personality?

Are they evil?

There are almost certainly people who are beyond hope of redemption. There are people who have committed horrible crimes and must be punished. The punishment for many of those crimes must be death, for the good of all. But even those who must die for their crimes may not be clearly (or purely) evil for reasons stated above.

We have the right, indeed the obligation to permanently remove from society (kill imo) those who cannot, for whatever reason, be redeemed. But goodness and evilness is a moral judgement, requiring the ability to look into someone's heart, and at the very least know the ENTIRE truth about the context of some action. That is a job for God (whatever that may mean to you), not for a mere human.

The best we can do is decide (as a group) if they can remain in society. We can't judge their soul.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Regardless of how you feel about the Bible, those are profound words.