Step by Step A Journey of Hope: Ron Carlson

[SUNMAYDEN518]

she got what she deserved

[adelaidemarie]

then would U have been a murderer mr.sdcash? if u have murder in your heart, does that Make u a murder? if u take steps to kill the very spirit that resides in a person, does that make u a murderer?

in My eyes.....yes to all of the above.

[returnofsoma6666]

For me to forgive someone if they murdered any of my friends or family it would depend on how the victim died. In this case Karla Faye Tucker should have been electrocuted!  I hope she's burning in hell.

[returnofsoma6666]

Karla Faye Tucker should have been given far worse than what she got. As I said before she should have been electrocuted. I don't give a rat's behind about her supposedly finding God and all..she got what was coming to her. May her victims rest in peace. May she ROT IN HELL!

[somadracula42]

Most crimes INCLUDING murder I can forgive but what Karla Faye Tucker DID is UNFORGIVEABLE.  I don't care what religious people say she is UNFORGIVEN in my way of thinking.

[WellConditioned]

What sickens me is that there is more respect for people like her who have "found" the lord after they've committed such a heinous crime than people like me, an atheist, who would NEVER have done anything remotely violent against a fellow human being.

[writeonfrank]

what good have you ever done..karla faye had a tremendous outreach program.i have seen the light of jesus in her actions and in her eyes.....writeonfrank

[WellConditioned]

Ah, I've taught calculus and linear algebra to young college students, with an emphasis on learning how to THINK so that they may lead a bright future for themselves and their children for generations to come.

I do believe that is at least a step above hacking human beings to death with a pick axe and claiming gleefully that it gave her an orgasm.

Religion in a nutshell. She's great and I'm a piece of shit. Right?

[somadracula42]

How in the hell can he forgive someone like her? Normally I would forgive just about anything including murder but to forgive something like THAT?! NO WAY IN HELL!!

[gwhite79]

Everything is possible with God.

[dainself]

It would be very hard for me to forgive someone like Karla. But if indeed she was truly sorry I would be MORE than willing to forgive her. I hope she is in heaven.

[gingerharkin657]

I would have liked to have fucked her though.

[camelotnax]

Ok, you have to get out more...

[TBAKER4230]

she gave her life to jesus and grew with god over time....she totally changed

[trailertrash2008]

She should not be in heaven. Ugh. Hope shes in hell with all the other deamons. She got what she deserved. I dont want that witch being in heaven with my mom. Besides, murder is a sin, and therefore she comitted a sin. Mom, if shes with you "in heaven" keep Karla Faye Tucker away from you. Shes evil and a deamenor.

C

[xtoc422]

God layed out the law on capital punishment when Cain killed his brother Abel. Everyone seems to forget that he killed him in cold blood, totally premeditated and motivated by anger and jealousy. Yet, God placed a mark on his forehead to warn others not to take revenge on him, for if they would, vengeance shall be taken on them seven-fold. Bottom line..........ONLY God has the right to GIVE and TAKE human life..........period.

[cynthiacher]

"ONLY God has the right to GIVE and TAKE human life". Karla Faye Tucker took TWO lives; so how can she be called a "Christian"? Another thing: what happened to her was EXECUTION; execution is not murder. It's the LAW. What Tucker did was murder: and she herself said she ENJOYED it.

[gwhite79]

I'm sorry that you don't understand that whatever one has done, God still loves us.

[cynthiacher]

You don't speak for God. No one on earth, no human being who ever lived, can speak for God. God must not "love" everyone; he sends the bad people to hell, or at least that's what people say. And nothing Karla Faye Tucker ever did or said could atone for her crimes.

[gwhite79]

God has revealed himself to us and he loves us all. He does not "send" 'bad people' to hell. We are all 'bad people' who have fallen short of the glory of God. Those of us who believe in him will be with him in eternity. Those who do not will spend eternity cut off from him.

Nothing Karla Faye ever did will atone for her sins and nothing I have ever done will atone for my sins. It is by God's grace that we are saved.

[mexdic]

carla faye tucker didnt deserve to die , those who beleived she did should be the one's who deserve to die,

[MurasakiShikibufan]

mexdic, I totally agree

[cynthiacher]

YOU'RE the one who deserves to die. You're too stupid to live.

[gwhite79]

Fortunately stupidity isn't the criteria. Some people manage to kill themselves by stupidity, but it is dangerous to wish people dead because you consider them stupid.

[Saharrow]

She pleaded with President Bush to "please don't kill me". But I bet those were her victims last words. Karla Fay Tucker deserved to DIE!

[TBAKER4230]

she never directly contact bush... she was forgiven and is in heaven now, thru jesus

[Saharrow]

i know she never directly spoke to Bush, but you are right. It's not my decision to decide who deserves to live and who deserves to die. It just ticked me off that she said that.

[TBAKER4230]

I saw her interview with larry king live... it did appear to me that she pleaded or begged to be spared,,her words where" if jesus ask for the cup to be removed" then she felt there was no shame in asking for a communtation.

[kingVlad514]

I'm not familiar with this story, but how can she be a good person when she murdered someone?

[cynthiacher]

That's just it. She murdered two people...with a pick ax. She was NOT a good person, despite her becoming a Jesus freak.

[erkekler]

Agreed.

[gwhite79]

What is a good person? You seem to be a bit thick. There is more rejoicing for a sinner who repents than for a hundred righteous people.

[cynthiacher]

Sez who? You? And who's to say Tucker "repented"? She seemed rather too good to be true; I think most of her profoundly pious behavior was mostly an act. I saw film of her getting down on her knees, hands in prayer position, eyes turned upward beseechingly. It was so fake.

[gwhite79]

You still seem to be a bit thick.

There is more rejoicing for a sinner who repents than for a hundred righteous.

You don't dispute this, you just dispute whether she repented.

You asked 'Who's to say Tucker "repented"?' then you go on to say that 'It was so fake.' - make your own tiny mind up - either you can't say whether she repented or you can't.

[cynthiacher]

You are obviously convinced that she "repented". And you know no such thing. To me, she seemed like she was putting on an act. And you're the one who's "thick" if you don't believe there are criminals who do the "I love Jesus and I'm a good person now" bit in order to get out of prison or avoid getting executed. In my belief, and in the belief of many others, Karla Faye Tucker was playacting. When she was executed, justice was done.

[cynthiacher]

You don't know that. God, I'm sick of these so-called Christians saying "God did this" or God forgives that". They don't speak for God. Karla Faye Tucker could very well be in hell with a pitchfork up her ass.

[cynthiacher]

Who are YOU to say that she was "forgiven?" You don't speak for God. For all you know he could have condemned her to an enternity of damnation. YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR GOD.

[TBAKER4230]

read the bible and make it part of your life by reading it everyday and you will see what iam talking about

[IvanAstronaut]

Although I am an agnostic not into religion, Ron Carlson has a progressive attitude, he has chosen to break the cycle of violence, we could all learn from him.

[1978ARAK]

To all the people who are making hateful comments...you're a bunch idiots! It was HIS sister Karla killed, it was HIS choice to forgive...

[cynthiacher]

He's welcome to his "choice". The problem is that these bleeding heart, murderer-forgiving imbeciles want everyone else to love and forgive murderers the same way they do. They try to force their own beliefs on others. They need to shut the fuck up.

[skudaarkaat1]

A-Men, Cynthia! That slut got exactly what was coming to her, and she should have gotten worse. Wouldn't it be nice to see one of these clowns find Jesus BEFORE they brutally kill someone?

[TBAKER4230]

Going by some of the hateful postings i see just how much influence satan has on today's society... such hate and arrogance

[roach214]

he's bangin her when he visits lmao

[cynthiacher]

I never believed in the validity of KFT's "faith". She was a hardcore drug addict before being on Death Row; she just traded one addiction for another. She was a Jesus junkie. She always seemed like a big fake to me, especially after seeing film of her down on her knees with a beseeching expresssion on her face, hands in prayer position. So fake and contrived.

[TBAKER4230]

your a trip,, full of hate and such Arrogance

[cynthiacher]

What an idiot! What an IDIOT!

[TBAKER4230]

your sick,,, this man is no idiot...he also has found god...something you know NOTHING about..so keep your hate to yourshelf

[cynthiacher]

Finding God has NOTHING to do with forgiving someone who chopped up your loved one with a pickax. I suppose you think Doris Tate should have forgiven Susan Atkins, who stabbed her 8 months pregnant daughter to death. Oh, and by the way, while bragging about the murders Karla Faye Tucker said of Deborah Thornton "the girl was a tough mother fucker to kill".

[TBAKER4230]

Finding god and being able to forgive is example of his strong faith..

Doris Tate did not appear to be able to forgive so who knows where she is today... that would be up to god of course

[cynthiacher]

It there's a heaven, Doris Tate is there. If there's a hell, Karla Faye Tucker is burning in it.

[gwhite79]

what arrogance to know who's in hell - the hope of heaven is based on grace - who are you to deny that God may have given her grace?

[cynthiacher]

Who are you to say that God HAS given her grace? I'd say you're pretty arrogant yourself.

[adelaidemarie]

answer his question please. Who gave u the right to deny gods grace. who tells god who to grace and who to not? little george? his co-hurt rumsfield? who?

[adelaidemarie]

hell is here on earth cynthia. look at your words and see if u can find the love in it.

so many evil words coming out of the mouths of people who believe it is their right to kill another and another and another, at what point does the killing stop?

[adelaidemarie]

if he found god then he will repent i am sure.

[KickinIn87]

Ron is such a very kind hearted and loving man, I truly respect him. I can't imagine having to lose a close family member, and finding it in myself to forgive the one who did it. RIP Karla, Deborah, and Jerry