2006-08-22 04:08:47 · 8 answers · asked by CJ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oh yes sorry.. not capital punishment.. I am talking about hell.
2006-08-22 04:32:03 · update #1
I believe so, the idea of Hell is one reason I'm Pagan.
2006-08-28 01:13:30 · answer #1 · answered by rich k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not Christian, but I was one for many years and I think I can answer this question.
I assume you're referring to Hell when you talk about infinite punishment. Christians believe that Hell is not so much a place as a removal from the presence of God. Because of people's sin, they can't be in the presence of God, since God is perfect.
Think of it this way. God is a scientist working in a clean room. People are rats. The ones who have been sterilized can enter the lab and run around in happy little mazes and eat cheese all the time. The wild, dirty ones are shut outside, called pests, and are exterminated. There is a finite amount of dirt and bacteria on the wild rats, but they still suffer an absolute denial of acceptance by the scientist, because they're not clean.
2006-08-22 11:20:51 · answer #2 · answered by knivetsil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, capital punishment is not right.
It is a cruel and inhuman punishment that is not needed.
Following is what teh Catholic Church teaches on capital punishment:
Legitimate public authority has the right and duty to inflict punishment proportionate to the gravity of the offense. Punishment, in addition to defending public order and protecting people's safety, has a medicinal purpose: as far as possible, it must contribute to the correction of the guilty party.
If non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people's safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.
Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm - without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity "are very rare, if not practically nonexistent.
2006-08-22 11:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rejecting the true Saviour of the world is not merely a finite sin as you put it. When Jesus says that He is the way, the truth and the life and NO ONE comes to the Father but by Him, He was telling the truth. Jesus never lied. To reject Christ Jesus is to accept death and damnation, to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour is to accept life and be forgiven. Simple.
2006-08-22 11:21:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you won't have infinite punishment for sins. infinite punishment is for those who reject that they have sins, need to be saved or that any of this exists at all.
2006-08-22 11:16:42 · answer #5 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no justice if the criminal sets his own punishment.
It either needs to be decided by the offended party or somebody who can be just and impartial. In either case, that's God.
2006-08-22 11:23:37 · answer #6 · answered by flyersbiblepreacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If "your" God is infinite, you've already got your answer. Great question, man!
2006-08-28 16:35:11 · answer #7 · answered by the_ahriginal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What ever the creator says is right , is right.
2006-08-22 11:25:10 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋