Pope Francis: "A Little Mercy Makes The World More Just"

Justice and Mercy

No question elicits greater passion than when Americans are asked whether Justice or Mercy takes precedence,

"Which Do You Value More?

Mercy?

Or Justice?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/which-do-you-value-more-mercy-or-justice.html

James' Epistle: "Judgment Without Mercy Will Be Shown To Anyone Who Has Not Shown Mercy"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/03/james-epistle-judgment-without-mercy.html

Bill McKibben "The Christian Paradox: How A Faithful Nation Gets Jesus Wrong"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/06/bill-mckibben-christian-paradox-how.html

Where Conservative Christians Go Wrong

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/08/where-conservative-christians-go-wrong.html

How Do Americans Direct Their Moral Umbrage?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/how-do-american-christians-direct-their.html

What's Wrong With Christian Bigots?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/whats-wrong-with-contemporary-christian.html

Christians And "Christians" Choose Mercy, Love And Forgiveness,
Or Retribution And Punishment
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/01/christians-and-christians-must-choose.html

Christians Ignore Jesus' "Commandments" But Are Punctilious About Things He Never Said
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/05/christians-ignore-jesus-commandments.html

Christianity's Promotion Of A Wrathful God: We Become What We Perceive
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/03/christianitys-promotion-of-wrathful-god.html

Often, Stinginess And Cruelty Are Christianity's Paradoxical Effects

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/often-christianitys-paradoxical-effects.html

Christian Conservaties Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/conservative-christians-delight-in_9.html

Biblical Literalism: Not Only Impossible But Destructive Of Meaning And Souls

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/biblical-literalism-not-only-impossible.html

Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/christianitys-bedrock-commitment-to.html

Time For Catholicism To "Shelve" Traditions And Texts Thaty Represent God As A Terrorist

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/time-to-expunge-catholicism-of.html

UNC-CH Professor Bart D. Ehrman:

Biblical Exegete And Former Christian Evangelical

The Bible and Textual Analysis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman

"Trial By Ordeal: The Bloody Old Testamental Roots Of Modern Justice"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/trial-by-ordeal-bloodthirsty-roots-of.html

"Trial By Ordeal: Alive And Well Into The 17th Century"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/trial-by-ordeal-alive-and-well-in-17th.html