Isn't it a double standard?
2007-09-18 19:05:26 · 12 answers · asked by VILAS S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
In the case of Christianity, it is true that there are many Bible passages (especially in the OT) that support capital punishment, often for relatively mild offenses:
- Adultery (Leviticus 20:10)
- Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16)
- Breaking the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14 & 15)
- Disobedient children (Exodus 21:15 & 17; Leviticus 20:9)
- Homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13)
- Not being a virgin on your wedding night (but only if you're a woman - Deuteronomy 22:13-22)
But, there are many passages (esp. in the New Testament) that are ANTI-death penalty. For example, Matthew 5:38-39 insists that violence shall not beget violence. James 4:12 says that God is the only one who can take a life in the name of justice. Leviticus 19:18 warns against vengeance (which, really, is what the death penalty amounts to). In John 8:7, Jesus himself says, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
There are many, many practical problems with capital punishment (that I won't get into here), but purely from a moral standpoint, I can't imagine that Jesus would support it. True Christians shouldn't, either.
2007-09-20 15:23:06 · answer #1 · answered by El Guapo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Budha preached renunciation; Mahavir preached ahimsa;Jesus preached?Gandhi which Gandhi?; Nanak preached? Of them Budhists , christians, Gandhians and sikhs follow non-vegetarianism;
only Jains follow vegetarianism;
so long as non-vegetarianism is there, there will be capital punishment; they punish chiks,eggs, bovines,birds,reptiles etc.,
2007-09-25 08:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by viswamvishnu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of these people lived in an era inwhich the punishments are instant.
We take such a long time to declare a judgement, the jail term and mental harrasments the sentenced person and his family undergoes is extra punishment and it is illegal. Either execute the punishment immediately or abolish the death sentence.
2007-09-26 03:17:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say no. Just because you admire someone does not mean you will be exactly like them. As for me i admire buddha and gandhi, it is hard not to but i am a big supporter of the death penatly and think that vigilantism is kind of heroic
2007-09-19 04:12:40 · answer #4 · answered by Brent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
capital punishment is the punishment of to remove the right to live for the person who violate the human nature .
religion and belief only for the moral life.
moral code never gives protection to life
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2007-09-19 04:32:57 · answer #5 · answered by younmanofthegarden 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are seeing only one side of COIN. capital punishment is awarded only in rarest of rare cases. Still crime rate is not diminished. The other purpose of the punishment is to deter a person from committing a crime.
2007-09-25 01:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't beleive the persons named by you laid down any principle relating to capital punishment.
Any way law is different from religion/morality.
2007-09-19 03:29:56 · answer #7 · answered by Pramod R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Admiration does not mean following them. And the law of nature guides us to eliminate what is detrimental to life.
2007-09-19 02:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by rudykint 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good works are liked and admired by all that does not mean any one can do good work and follow them
these persons succeeded where others failed
look at TV swamis and kathwachaks what is so special about them --marketing skills of media value
2007-09-25 13:49:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes yes
no suddenly no.
2007-09-19 02:15:26 · answer #10 · answered by sean paul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋