If you let the person live, perhaps they will repent of their sins, and come to God and be forgiven. Why take this chance from them, so long as they can be kept away from harming anyone else?
Just interested in peoples' perspectives. Thanks.
2006-12-27 13:53:25 · 16 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree and before I did agree with you my grandmother told me that it was wrong as we should let bad people die when the Lord takes them as they may actually find Him and do some good before they die if they are spared. But at the same time when I hear about these predator people the natural me would like to tie them up and punish but you are right. Besides isn't having your rights and freedom stripped a pretty bad punishment plus you have to live with other bad people. I wish they would stop this war against poor minorities they are calling a drug war though to free up space for people who actually commit harm. I'm not talking about freeing violent gang bangers but to free and decriminalizing drug use would stop all that gang banging anyway. I mean how do people reconcile throwing away people who are addicted which equals afflicted? People just do this it is our nature to want everybody to measure up to our standards and call it Godly when we are mostly unwilling to measure up to God's standards ourselves, as a whole I mean.
2006-12-27 14:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by bess 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even if they repent, capital punishment is in order. In fact the Bible condones it Micah 2:3, Ezekiel 33:27,1st Corinthians 3:13-15. How do you know they repented or if they are just repentant that they were caught? Some who deserve the death penalty will never get it in this life. Those that live by the sword, die by the sword.
The police and judges are God's ministers Romans 13! They too will be held accountable to God for not doing their jobs or abusing their power of office!
These criminals, did not give their victims a chance to repent or pray. The condemned have more than their share of time to do just that and make their peace with God. It is more merciful than what they gave their victims.
The problem in America is most times, the capitol punishment is never carried out or appeals goes on for years. The second problem is the rush to judgment on an innocent person or persons.
2006-12-27 14:28:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heron By The Sea,
I wish this were true. I really would like people to reform and live a new better life.
Being 2006, humans are just not advanced enough in medical, science, etc. to 100% insure people of violence CAN return to their community and not have the urges that over came their nature in the first place. All these people were not monsters when younger (12,?) Something happened, and sad as it is, humanity can not "repair" these people wiring, DNA, chemical, hormones, etc.
Killing all predators of children is much better than housing them forever. Multiple murderers or worse also are lost to regaining their communities favor or faith that they are safe.
Of course a person that kills by accident or passion, can be saved, and should be. But the monsters, and there are monsters are lost, and are already dead to most.
If a person hurts/abuses a child, or enjoys hurting/killing adults (multiply and/or horrifically), I feel society will not miss their genes, and will not be missed if quietly buried somewhere (alive if possible) deeply and forgotten.
I am looking forward to the days, in the future, when humanity will not have any urges to hurt children, and is able to get along with each other without violence.
(But I'm 47, and can't see this happening soon, sorry.)
2006-12-27 14:10:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Capital Punishment isn't a Religious Issue for me. It is a Justice Issue for me. I don't even claim it is a Deterrent, but I see it as Just Retribution. Some Crimes just cry out for the Maximum Penalty.
I will grant you that there is always the chance, and hope that the Criminal will Repent, and be saved, I know of just such a case in Texas. The Women committed a Heinous Murder. She was Saved in Prison, she accepted her Just Fate, and looked forward to Heaven.
2006-12-27 14:07:29 · answer #4 · answered by Minister 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 01:47:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I am an atheist and I support the death penalty. Why? Because some people are not fit to exist in soceity, people like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, and John Wayne Gacy. There is no rehabilitating a monster like that. While you can try to say they will be kept in jail forever away from harming anyone else, you could get some liberal pantywaist judge who takes pity on them and lets that disgusting case of arrested developement out into society again
2006-12-27 15:17:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not every criminal have the same notion of doing good once capital punishment is removed. This idea of removing death penalty has created more hired criminals get pardoned and lived happily everafter because life imprisonment sentence has a tenure given to the one doing clean records (pretentiously) inside the cell. Life without parole only extends people's taxes spent on criminals that have more complaints about living conditions than the workers in the factory whose meager salary are not enough to sustain their needs.
2006-12-27 14:07:29 · answer #7 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Death for the act of murder is man's law, backed by the Commandments of God.
We DO let the person live, usually 12-15 years after their conviction, doing appeals and such. We must be sure they are completely guilty before we condemn them. They have that long to repent and be forgiven. Forgiven by God, that is, but they must still pay the price for their crime in this world.
Perhaps it is because I live in Texas, but I honestly don't have a problem with shooting a rabid dog, and that is what a murderer is. It's not pleasant, but it is necessary.
2006-12-27 13:58:54 · answer #8 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They're obsessed with death. It's the great leveler, the one occurrence that every mortal no matter how great or small cannot avoid. No one will ever know what happens, if anything at all, after death. This is probably the only fact beyond doubt that religious fools have at their disposal and they resort to it as a soldier does to his last line of defense. And it is a formidable defense for fear of death and a distinct aversion to being dead is perfectly natural behaviour to all living creatures.
2006-12-27 13:59:14 · answer #9 · answered by Desiree J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honestly it is because of the Old Testament...certain sins were considered punishable only by death because of the heinous act in it of itself. Which is generally in regard to murder and/or rape/adultery/incest. I imagine this is because these kinds of sins perpetuated and people do not take them as seriously as they should when the punishment for them is lame. We put them in jail and pay to keep them there...feeding them, clothing them etcetera...and run the risk of their escape or release and doing the same thing again to someone else. People have plenty of time before they commit these atrocities to change...and they choose to do it anyway.
2006-12-27 14:05:46 · answer #10 · answered by debi_lockwood 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋