Hear me out.....Your loved one is murdered, but now their soul is in a glorious, wonderful Heaven. But now you foam at the mouth and want to see the killer dead. But this killer sent your loved one to Heaven. Shouldn't you thank the killer?
Ditto for you pro-lifers. If a mother aborts her baby, she is scum, but if your magical God takes a 3 month old via SIDS, then he is an awesome God with mysteriouis ways. What a freakin' Catch 22!!
I love poking holes in your beliefs.
2006-07-14 05:23:11 · 18 answers · asked by kubrickian 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
catch 22 to the tenth power - question of the week
2006-07-14 11:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by Stomp 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You aren't really poking holes in anyone's beliefs, just voicing your own doubts (which you have every right to do).
If my loved one was murdered, I wouldn't hope for the death-penalty. Where did you get the idea that Christians support the death penalty. Most see it as immoral. Hopefully I could eventually learn to forgive the killer...
True, most believe in Heaven. But that doesn't mean those who are still down on Earth won't feel a great sense of loss over those who die.
I can't tell you why God does what He does. Taking a newborn baby, or curing someone of cancer. I just believe that there are reasons for everything.
2006-07-14 05:31:29 · answer #2 · answered by angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you question covers a lot of ground, so, I'll try to address each point you raised.
First off, God is not just a loving God. He is also a God of justice. His holiness demands justice. In the Law He gave to Israel, He allowed capital punishment for many crimes. So, the reason that many (not all) Christians support the death penalty is that God supports the death penalty.
Just because a loved one is in heaven, does not diminish the fact that the life of the loved one was taken from the earth by another human. We may rejoice that the loved one is in heaven. But still, justice needs to be exacted. Now, what if the loved one that was killed never came to the Lord in this life, and now is in hell? That is even more egregious. Nevertheless, it's not about revenge, as much as folks try to make it that way. It is about justice.
Another thing to consider is that man is made in the image of God. Every murder is really about evil destroying that which is made in God's image. And murder is always about the evil that lurks in our minds. When we are angry, we have the root of murder in us.
Now, as far as being able to reconcile being pro-life and pro-death penalty, that's an easy one. The deliberate death of an unborn is the same as murder in our eyes. Even more so, since the unborn can't defend themselves. They are the ultimate helpless victim. The death of a murderer through capital punishment is justice. The murderer reaps what he has sown.
The problem with capital punishment, as I see it, is that it is unfairly applied, and doesn't meet the biblical standard that warrants it. How many have been convicted by tainted or circumstantial evidence? That is not biblical justice. In those cases, I do not support the death penalty.
And as far as poking holes in our beliefs, all that you have done, at least in my case, is referred me to the Scriptures that inform my faith, and have convinced me even more that what I believe is correct. Thank you.
2006-07-14 05:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, only 144,000 go to heaven. Their purpose for doing so is to rule as kings and priests with Christ over the earth. (Revelation 7:4-8; Revelation 14:1, 3; Revelation 20:6) The rest of us have a hope of living forever on the earth. (Psalms 37:29; John 3:16; Acts 13:48; Revelation 21:3, 4)
2006-07-14 05:38:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First your question is fundamentally flawed...you can't know factually borne out that "most Christians" are rabidly pro death penalty. Now to answer you: The Christian Religion has those that beleive in an EYE FOR AN EYE and a TOOTH FOR A TOOTH punsihment system...hence those that believe that way are pro death penalty. PEACE!
2006-07-14 05:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your philosophy is seriously erroneous. The problem we have with murder is that humans are not allowed to take life into their own hands. They cannot play God and to do so is an act of extreme pride (the same sin as the devil). Only God should decide who lives and who dies. Humans should not have this right unless it is decided (in the case of the death penalty) that a man or woman needs to die in order to prevent future murders.
2006-07-14 05:28:35 · answer #6 · answered by oremus_fratres 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No holes punched here. You are operating under the assumption that pro-death penalty people are that way because they are revenge-minded. I'm pro-death penalty for many reasons:
1) There's NO CHANCE that he will escape and do it again.
2) I don't want to spend $50,000 of tax dollars to keep this piece of cr__ alive and fed.
My reasons are practical, not religious.
2006-07-14 05:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by laaumark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are some of the great contradictory views of many Christians. Many actively call for the end of times (effectively, everyone's death ... and new life), but at the same time they cling to the world and its trappings ... scared of the unknown.
Could it be that, somewhere deep inside, they have a slight hint of doubt ... a tiny speck that cries out ... what if I'm wrong ...
2006-07-14 05:29:06 · answer #8 · answered by Arkangyle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm no longer a christian, yet i have self belief contained in the inability of life penalty, merely becuase I have time-honored countless human beings in my time which have executed issues and they have in basic terms executed it both becuase they knew they could spoil out with it or becuase the penalty became now to not severe in the journey that they did get stuck. imagine as an social gathering what would ensue if drink using on the first strike fee you your license for 3 months 2d strike 6 months and third strike for ever with out risk of having it decrease back in any respect, what number of human beings would nevertheless drink and force? a similar aspect applies to capital crimes, examine out how a lot those crimes have risen because the inability of life penalty became bumped off. examine out countries that still have the inability of life penalty. i imagine the device became flawed and mandatory an overhaul besides the undeniable fact that it would not in any respect were abolished.
2016-11-06 09:08:58 · answer #9 · answered by beharry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the protection of the people. It started with law. A God given law.
Read the whole book sometimes--a lot of history and reasons for things-that if you think about it makes sense. Even Philologies that Scientists admire.
2006-07-14 14:47:23 · answer #10 · answered by *** The Earth has Hadenough*** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not religious and i think death penalty should be out. I think asswholes should be used in chemical-biological researces instead monkeys. And for terrorists there should be Capital public Punishment and torture.
As for Christians soon they will start to keep thier own babies so babies will go directly to heaven to accept jesus.
All religiouns must be outlawed.
2006-07-14 05:28:59 · answer #11 · answered by PicassoInActions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋