2006-12-14 01:48:31 · 21 answers · asked by Chris D 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not in my book
Stoning have been going on through out history
A farmer does not plant a bad seed
most can not be rehabilitated
When you put someone to death....You are not judging them to Hel*. God still has to judge them in the End
2006-12-14 01:52:58 · answer #1 · answered by snuggels102 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
We are taught to obey the laws of the land, unless it seeks to make us deny Christ & go againest His Holy Word.
If we are caught speeding, over the posted limit, we are stopped by police authority and we are given a ticket and fined.We pay our fine. all is forgiven, we have broke the law of the land.However the consquence of speeding is that another entity, insurance companies, raises our insurance premiums. We have been forgiven, the fine, but there still is a long term consquence to our actions. Usually 3 years before the ticket is taken off our record.
If the law of the land has found one quilty in a court of law, and the crime, must have been heinous enough to invoke the death penalty. The consquence of the crime committed is death. The criminal can receive forgiveness from God through Christ Jesus but that does not change the consquence of their actions in the natural world, nor the penalty of their actions.The wages of sin is death. The gift of God is forgiveness of sins and life eternal in Christ Jesus. If God has forgiven the criminal, death here on earth is the end of their natural body but the spirit lives life eternal. Where has the penalty been violated by the principles of forgiveness. We are told to visit the prisoner and show mercy & kindness( Christ's love) to them.Doesn't He know, there would be prisoners, and make provisions for them? That is compassion and mercy.
The commandment is Thou shall not Kill.Why? It has conquences that effect not only the sinner, but the victim and their families as well as the criminal's family. It has far reaching effects on everyone the act touches.But most of all in the heart of the criminal.( here lies your argument)
Is it fair that one is forgiven the fine of the law breaking, with no consquences to their actions in the natural world?
It is shown where countries carry out swiftly the death penalty, it acts as a deterent to other violent crimes.
The Word says you reap what you sow, good or bad. It always comes back to you.
2006-12-14 02:38:29 · answer #2 · answered by Faith walker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One has nothing to do with the other. The death penalty is administered by the government.Forgiveness is how people are supposed to react. The PURPOSE of government is to protect the population so that they can AFFORD to forgive.
2006-12-14 01:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Forgiving does not propose somebody is going without paying the fee for his or her movements, a minimum of commonly. Forgive? ok. Then placed the guy away so he can now no longer be attainable to good, regulation-abiding people in society, so the sufferers have some style of closure, and so he can stand until now God having paid the fee for his sin; a existence for a existence.
2016-12-11 08:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the self-righteousness aside. I don't believe in the
death penalty because I don't consider it punishment.
All we do is send ones spirit to a loving and merciful
Creator.
I don't believe in Life without parole. That forces other
prisoners to have to live with homocidal maniacs that
don't give a damn.
I think 50 years with the possiblity of parole, will
give a man time to think about what he did. I said
possibility of parole. There are obviously sociopaths
that are beyond redeeming.
When we will stop taking everything to extremes?
2006-12-14 01:57:51 · answer #5 · answered by THE NEXT LEVEL 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so.
In Matthew 18:18 Jesus said that whatever we shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever we shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
I say the death penalty is perfectly OK because some people are too evil to live in a civilized society; and society does need to be protected from such people.
2006-12-14 01:53:06 · answer #6 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Forgiveness doesn't necessarily eliminate the consequences of one's actions.
For future reference, if you're going to try to bash Christians with the death penalty question...at least apply the most relevant Christian principle! "Thou Shalt Not Kill"???
2006-12-14 01:52:57 · answer #7 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I, myself, would say yes it does. The way I look at it is one of the laws handed down by god to Moses was "Thou Shalt Not Kill." So, how can you be a Christian and still support the death penalty. Aren't you breaking one of God's laws?
2006-12-14 01:55:14 · answer #8 · answered by venicedrowningme 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES! The death penalty is a violation period! And what I can't believe from people I've met and talk to is that they are Christians and they believe in the death penalty. That is so hypocritical to me!
2006-12-14 01:53:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The Death Penalty is encouraged in the Bible but doesn't seem like something God would do. Contradiction Alert. Wee-ooo.
However, the death penalty violates the eighth amendment (free from cruel or unusual punishment), especially if you didn't do the crime but everybody thinks you did....
2006-12-14 01:52:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋