I'm not trying to be inflammatory here, nor have I fully determined my opinion on the death penalty. But, I did want to ask...
The bible states thou shalt not kill...the bible also talks of forgiveness for those who sin against us...and the bible also seems to indicate "and eye for an eye..."
There are people in this world who commit murder. No one will deny that most murderers have some sort of problem, but some are just more evil and definately meaner than others. We are so angry at the murderers that we declare out loud that we want them to go to Hell.
Some of these murderers are sentenced to death. By administering the dealth penalty, have we basically saved that person? Because now we have done to him/her what God has apparently said we should not do...will God absolive this murderer of his or her sins and accept him into His kingdom because we sinned against the murderer?
Or does and eye to an eye apply here?
2006-07-14
20:30:31
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