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This episode discusses the relationship between religion, crime, and punishment, exploring various causes of crime and the implications of good and evil actions.

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Religion, crime and the causes of crime Good and evil intentions and actions, including whether it can ever be good to cause suffering.Reasons for crime, including:poverty and upbringingmental health problems and addictiongreed and hateopposition to an unjust law.Views about people who break the law for these reasons.Views about different types of crime, including hate crimes, theft and murder.Religion and punishment The aims of punishment, including...

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