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The Death Penalty
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09-22-2011, 01:30 PM
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The Death Penalty
I know the Bible is supportive of the death penalty, and that is why most protestant Christians support it.
But then again, the Bible, OT, encourages torture and other violence that we as a modern society would condemn as cruel and unusual. Catholics are against the death penalty. I'm not sure why. Why are Catholics against it? What would Jesus do? An eye for an eye...? |
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09-22-2011, 01:43 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
I am not a Catholic, and I do not support execution in any way.
The Fellowship of Post-Fundamentalists |
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09-22-2011, 03:19 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
I believe in capital punishment as a form of retributive justice. Let the punishment fit the crime.
"It doesn't help to wear a hat on your head if your posterior is exposed." ~ PW "Don't make crazy your normal and then wonder why nobody agrees with you." ~ EC |
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09-22-2011, 03:27 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
That being said I have a great deal of respect for those Christians who oppose the death penalty. So I don't really argue about it a lot.
And I also believe in a lengthy process of trial and appeals to be as certain as possible that guilty are the only ones who are punished. "It doesn't help to wear a hat on your head if your posterior is exposed." ~ PW "Don't make crazy your normal and then wonder why nobody agrees with you." ~ EC |
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09-22-2011, 03:36 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
Below is a link that starts explain the Catholic position. Not sure if it answers all your questions but it would be a start.
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newslett...ac0195.asp Flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes. |
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09-22-2011, 04:26 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
(09-22-2011 01:30 PM)Jenn Wrote: I know the Bible is supportive of the death penalty, and that is why most protestant Christians support it. I'm going with N.T. Wright on this one: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-f..._blog.html "For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone." ~ St. Paul |
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09-22-2011, 04:26 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
I think it's a waste of money. The cold facts state that executing a prisoner is much, much more expensive than keeping him or her alive. I can think of better ways to spend millions of dollars than killing people.
Source: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty Source: http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=42 Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/27/jus...e-budgets/ |
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09-22-2011, 04:44 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
I'm a Catholic and my position is no abortion, no death penalty. However I was anti-death penalty before I became Catholic. Having a innocent member of your family executed will do that for you. It happened a long time ago but the repercussions carried over several generations.
O Beauty ever ancient, O Beauty ever new; you, the mirror of my life renewed, let me find my life in you.~St. Augustine |
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09-22-2011, 05:21 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
I used to be completely in favor of capital punishment. But I've increasingly come to see the wisdom in JRR Tolkien's words as spoken by Gandalf:
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement." Especially after the events of this week. "I'm through playing by the rules of someone else's game." -Elphaba from Wicked |
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09-22-2011, 05:31 PM
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RE: The Death Penalty
It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground. Send them off to their maker and he'll settle them down.
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