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[pat]

About the MRI: I will not need to have surgery. I have a small tear in my posterior cruciate ligament, and have stretched both my PCL and the ligament that runs down the inside of the knee. Basically, I am supposed to "let pain be my guide" in which case I overdid it today. A lot.

After the first couple of days when it knocked me out, the Vicodin is giving me insomnia and making me cranky.

I am reading an interesting book, though: The Biblical Truth About America's Death Penalty. Basically, how the death penalty as applied in America is in violation of Scripture. I'm preparing arguments for my next visit to my in-laws (just kidding).

Oh, and remember how three months ago I had to have my keyboard replaced because the letters were chipping off? They're chipping off again. I've almost lost all of the "N".

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[elissaann.livejournal.com]

Basically, how the death penalty as applied in America is in violation of Scripture.

I'm thinking of that passage in John about not casting the first stone, and a bunch of stuff in my part of the Bible about having enough witnesses.

What else?

I suspect that I would like that book.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

That's part of it. I haven't read very far, but another part seems to be pointing out that "An eye for an eye" was meant to restrict blood vengeance, rather than mandate capital punishment.

It also appears that he argues that the fundmentalist use of the Bible to support the death penalty has precedents in Southern religious leaders using the bible to support slavery.