I know this sounds a bit like one of those loaded questions that are often asked here, but I would sincerely like to know how one can reconcile the two positions.
Isn't killing always wrong, no matter who it is, what they have done, or where they are?
Its not hard to find a scriptural argument against abortion. Nor is it hard to find passages that seem to condone capital punishment. But I think that the words and teachings of Christ override anything previously said about capital punishment. Jesus was always in favor of forgiveness and love. When people as "what would Jesus do?" when it comes to even the worst criminals on Earth, I feel pretty sure that he would be against killing them.
So tell me: is pro-Capital punishment a Christian teaching?
It seems to me that if we're pro-life than we are pro-all-life.
What do you think?
2007-04-13
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Zezo Zeze Zadfrack
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