Do you think he's just saying that to persuade radical Muslims to call of the "fatwa" against him? Is it possible that speaking against the death penalty will just make radical Muslims want to kill him even more? It seems like the Pope is condemning radical Muslim beliefs that MURDERING someone is OK as long as it's done according to "Sharia".
Is the Pope just asking for more trouble by trying to prevent another muder? Why do you think the Pope is saying that "an eye for an eye will not solve the problem"?
Could this be TRUE WISDOM?
2006-11-08 22:29:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think the Pope is right. Murder doesn't solve anything. I think Saddam should spend the rest of his life in a cage. I don't want to see ANYONE stoned. It's a brutal barbaric practice. Looks like I'm going to hell for opposing Sharia too. Oh well.
2006-11-08 22:37:03 · update #1
I agree with the pope. I am not against capitol punishment, but in this case you would only create a martyr....and more enemies, like we need that!!!! the LAST thing anyone in the middle east needs is ANOTHER martyr!!!!! look if the guy were locked up for LIFE, esp living in a glass house....that would kill his dignity, and serve the purpose....kill your own people and this is what you get......for life. I believe this is the same thing osamma bin laden needs.....locked up for life in a glass house. displayed, despised, gawked at. again I am NOT against capitol punishment........but letting them become "revered marytrs" would be worse!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-08 22:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by trish the dish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a Catholic point of view:
Jesus, John 8:1-11, spares a women guilty of adultery whom the Mosaic Law said should be stoned to death.
If the guilty person's identity and responsibility has been fully determined then non-lethal means to defend and protect the people's safety from the aggressor are more in keeping with the common good and the dignity of the human person.
The Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives.
However in today's modern society, the capability of rendering the offender incapable of doing harm - without definitively 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 non-existent.
The Church is steadfast in this belief, even with people who hate the Church.
With love in Christ.
2006-11-09 02:00:42 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As for for muslim extremists i would doubt it makes a difference. He could truly be against the death penalty, and have you heard the saying an eye for an eye makes the world go blind (not that i agree with it i feel as soon as the other trials are done the sentence should be carried out)
2006-11-08 22:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by whay i lost my ?s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saddam should be executed. Period, end dot.
He ordered the deaths of thousands of the citizens of the very country he claimed to be freely elected to rule. And he did so either as revenge for their perceived complicity (based solely upon their residency in a given village or their tribal lineage) in an attempt to assassinate him or for their refusal to be forcibly subjugated under his oppressive and unjust rule.
For that he does not deserve to live, caged or otherwise.
Iraq under Saddam was exactly that, Iraq UNDER Saddam. It was a society where incompetence and cronyism was not only the way to power, but it was the sole defense against Saddam's purges. Where the corrupt few used terror and torture against their fellow citizens to remain in power.
But now the pendulum has swung and it is time for Saddam to be UNDER Iraq; six feet under to be specific.
2006-11-08 23:14:58 · answer #4 · answered by elars1989 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things are so mixed up nowadays that there's no telling what's gonna happen. But I do know one thing for sure>>>I don't think it's the Pope's place or anyone else's to contradict anything that was put by God into the Bible.
2006-11-08 22:38:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think by doing this, he is sticking his nose where it does not belong. Jesus said, give unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's and give unto God that which is God's. I interpret this as Jesus saying that the church should not mess with civil affairs. After all... God sent his only son here to be condemned to death by civil athorities... if that is not an endorsement of the death penalty... then what is??? Saddam's sould belongs to God, so give it back to him I say!!!
2006-11-08 22:38:23 · answer #6 · answered by tmarschall 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If he was a real pope , he shouldn't fear any one except his God
You concept of fatwa s very wrong
http://www.dar-alifta.org/main.aspx
Fatwa has certain requirement
2006-11-08 22:39:08 · answer #7 · answered by Monika 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it seems as though you have an unneccessary obsession. if Islam is not your belief, then so be it. but how pointless is it of you to spend so much time spreading hate and intolerance? do you love or have positive feelings towards anything? why not spend time promoting and speaking highly of your own faith?
**no i don't think he's asking for trouble, i think he's speaking from his beliefs.
**no you are not wise
ill pray you find peace,
a Muslimah
2006-11-08 22:32:57 · answer #8 · answered by Living MyTruth 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The Pope knows more than you know...
He know what is right and wrong...
His decision is Final...
2006-11-08 22:36:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Pope do not have any wisdom
2006-11-08 22:33:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋