2006-07-03 23:26:26 · 14 answers · asked by seven 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What does edsawyer think of the death penalty? I'm against it. Even if the risk of maljustice is only marginally more than 0, the risk is too high. Additionally, I believe that the mark of a society is how it treats people on its outer limits - including criminals. I think that to allow governments the ability to take human life is to put governments 'above the law' - which is the mark of totalitarianism. Also I do not believe it to be effective as a disincentive to crime, so I question its practicality.
What do all atheists think of the death penalty? You'll never find an answer to that. We're quite resistant to generalisations...
2006-07-03 23:50:54 · answer #1 · answered by XYZ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an atheist, I'm an agnostic. Anyway, I think the death penalty is wrong because you can't know for sure that the convicted person is really guilty.
2006-07-03 23:33:36 · answer #2 · answered by zaradulce02 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have differing view points.
I believe that some people are beyond the potential of modern technology to become decent human beings.
These people can not be fixed.
Being that human resources are always limited, we must decide how to use them wisely.
I proffer that is is unwise to expend our limited resources to feed, clothe, and house people that can never be released back into society because they will never be safe and relatively moral beings.
I thus believe it to be the moral good to execute these people.
This will free up otherwise wasted resources, so that they may be used for better purposes, such as feeding, clothing, housing, and educating needy children.
So...let's do the right thing, and stop wasting our money on lost cause humans.
2006-07-03 23:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by energeticthinker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if this is what you're asking! but..
As an atheist, I believe the death penalty is necessary in some cases because, it's not about what's gonna happen to them after they die, it's about getting rid of criminals who commit crimes like child molestation or homicide, and scaring away people who have intentions of horrible crimes like these.
2006-07-03 23:39:02 · answer #4 · answered by Lizzyyyy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Against. Not really out of concern for the convicted -- if the trial was fair, then justice has been done IMO, at least as much justice as is humanly possible.
But deciding capital cases is hard on juries; handing down death sentences is hard on judges; and carrying out executions is damned hard on corrections personnel. Nobody should have to do that kind of work.
2006-07-03 23:35:14 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on who is receiving it and why......
In as much as i dont beleive in killing for the sake of killing, or an eye for an eye, there are some really evil people out there, that have done some terrible things to their fellow human beings, and do not deserve the right of living on this planet
2006-07-03 23:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by Mintjulip 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm against it, the law isnt fool proof 130+ people have been taken off death row because DNA evidence exonerated them, think how many innocent people may have died! I get why people want it, if someone killed someone i knew i'd be pissed and want them dead but it still doesnt make it right!
2006-07-04 01:22:58 · answer #7 · answered by bobatemydog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they should stop using injections and just use the same rope over and over. Or atleast stop worring about having a clean neddle. Why worry about a dirty niddle if you are out to kill him.
Every Atheist is going to have their own opinion. We do not have priests to tell us what to think.
2006-07-03 23:41:44 · answer #8 · answered by upallnite 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of us are for it. Some of us are against it. We are free to make our own decisions about things like this.
2006-07-04 05:51:00 · answer #9 · answered by wrathpuppet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That atheists should be exempt.
2006-07-03 23:33:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋