Since one of the ten commandments, is shall not kill, when a person is sentence to death and they are put to death is the person that injects the injection that kills them or throws the switch for the electric chair concidered a killer?
Also, is the judge and or the jury considered killers?
I hope my questions makes sense.
2006-08-04 16:21:32 · 13 answers · asked by Mrs. Mac 4 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am getting great answers here.
2006-08-04 16:40:42 · update #1
Wow....great question !!! I wish I knew the answer. That's a real stumper. Gonna have to think about that one. If it were a legal question, the person that throws the switch would probably be the murderer and the other people accessories to murder. But in terms of the 10 commandments, I'm not sure it would play out the same way. They might all be guilty.
Did I already say that this is a GREAT question ? :)
2006-08-04 16:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by Schleppy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that ALL of them could be considered killers. The medical technician who inects the person, the judge who gives the sentence (the jury does not sentance people to death, they only find the person guilty or not guilty)..I would even say the warden at the prison could also be ocnsidered guilty.
I will avoid going into a philisophical debate about capitol punishment, and tried to give the best answer I could to your specific question. I hope it helps!
2006-08-04 23:25:07 · answer #2 · answered by cognitively_dislocated 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, in Genesis 9:6, God told Noah that the government has the right and duty to execute murders. In Romans 13:3-4, Paul seems to say that this is still true.
Why do liberals keep insisting that justice is a sin? Isn't that backwards?
2006-08-04 23:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess that people who carry out the law of the land should not be equated to murderers who kill people in cold blood since the they are only carrying out the law and responsibility as entrusted to them by the law and state. The death penalty is a deterrent, so that people would not commit heinous crimes, but when they do they have to face the brunt.
2006-08-04 23:28:50 · answer #4 · answered by Eddie Raj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are situations in which killing is not considered murder, i.e. a righteous war in which you kill your enemies. The person throwing the switch or whatever, though, I would consider guilty of murder. After all, in the current debate of lethal injection is too painful, the American society for Anesthesiologists is forbidding its members to assist in executions. Because it is murder.
2006-08-04 23:30:27 · answer #5 · answered by Nettie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person who flips the switch or who does the injection is the killer, but he gets his orders from a judge who bases his judgment on the verdict of the jury.
They are all responsible ("guilty", if you will.)
2006-08-04 23:26:35 · answer #6 · answered by SB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are not killers- God did say thou shat not kill. But He was wise enough to put people in charge to see that the laws of the land were enforced. These people are there for your protection
While God is love He is also Just, Righteous and Holy
2006-08-04 23:29:36 · answer #7 · answered by Sounder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately for some; religion does not control government in some countries, no in my opinion the person who executes the criminal is not a killer, just a person doing an honest job.
2006-08-04 23:28:01 · answer #8 · answered by DeepBlue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the above. But to me personally killing a person on the table is a senseless judgment. However if that same person is trying to kill me I would not hesitate to defend and kill to protect myself.
2006-08-04 23:40:42 · answer #9 · answered by 2006flu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a mistranslation. The commandment is "thou shalt not commit murder" which means no killing people against the law. Executions are just fine.
2006-08-04 23:26:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋