I dont have any data to back this up so its just a hypothetical and only aimed at Christians who support the death penalty.
2006-12-11 02:08:12 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If that were true, maybe not, but do you really think a death sentence is something that's just thrown around in cases without conclusive evidence?
2006-12-11 02:15:36 · answer #1 · answered by stickymongoose 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
We already have worse statistics than that in place. Innocent people are being executed all the time, just not usually by the state. When a drug dealer chases down the girlfriend of the man who owes him money, and puts a bullet through her forehead, she has been executed. This happened in my town, and yet what will happen to the drug dealer? He will have a comfortable home for the rest of his life, watching TV, exercising at his leisure, fed and housed, educated at the State's expense (if he so desires), conjugal visits with his wife, and his imprisonment bewailed by Barbara Streisand (and the like).
Do Non-Christians think this is a fair trade? Make chemical slaves, take innocent lives, live off the rest of humanity as a parasite for the next 35 years. Have a bunch of bleeding-heart Democrats wail for your underpriveliged bum, to try and get you out of prison. What does the victim get? A funeral. Justice? Where and when?
Humans cannot assume to create a perfect justice system. We can only do the best we can, with what we have. Lacking omniscience or telepathy, we have to trust to the court proceedings and appeals systems to do their jobs, to insure the guilt of the guilty. With those safeguards in place, yes, we need the death penalty! Why should the innocent populace suffer twice from the same criminal, first at his hands, and next at his "needs"?
2006-12-11 02:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you would have to ask each individual Christian - they don't all think the same you know. Although some people certainly deserve the death penalty I oppose it on the off chance that an innocent person will be executed.
2006-12-11 02:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Paul H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I am against the death penalty, but I don't think that the death of innocent persons should be acceptable. Unfortunately, the death of many innocent people is accepted by many who do accept the death penalty.
2006-12-11 02:11:31 · answer #4 · answered by Joy M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If US loss of existence penalty rules have ever achieved a unmarried harmless guy or woman that's reason sufficient to end the loss of existence penalty. the concept that executing some harmless human beings is suited if it helps forestall a killer pass loose and kill human beings is a daft argument.
2016-10-18 02:45:57 · answer #5 · answered by binnu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I support the death penalty in only 100% provable murder cases. If someone saw the man kill, then he should also die.
An eye for an eye, a life for a life.
2006-12-11 02:12:24 · answer #6 · answered by m_thurson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are asking a group who believe in the ultimate execution of an innocent -- Jesus Christ! If an innocent person is executed, why would this be a bad thing? Yes, the person's life is ended, but according to Christian doctrine, this person (as long as they have met the religion's criteria) is eligible for an eternal afterlife of happiness. Surely this is a good outcome.
2006-12-11 02:15:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes and no.
What about abortion, are not they the ultimate innocent?
Pro 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Pro 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Pro 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Pro 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
First, get rid of all rapist and murderers, then you can abolish the death sentence.
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2006-12-11 02:10:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
In the US it costs a lot more money to execute a person than to house and feed them for 30+ years. Why? All the legal costs in repeals.
So, I say NO to execution. And you are correct, what if one person is innocent?
2006-12-11 02:24:26 · answer #9 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, if I was innocent and wrongly convicted of some crime, I'd rather be put to death than spend the rest of my life in some terrible prison being abused for the rest of my life.
2006-12-11 02:15:12 · answer #10 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The death penalty is unacceptable even if each and every person convicted was truly guilty.
2006-12-11 02:15:51 · answer #11 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋