Or do you think they're just trying to get their death sentence revoked?
2007-11-29 05:21:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think some of them are just trying to get their death sentence revoked, but some of them may actually mean it. It seems like everybody "finds God" in prison and I doubt the sincerity of most of them, because the ones who are released after their sentences are served almost always go back to a life of crime. Not very Christian.
2007-11-29 06:07:03 · answer #1 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To answer this you have to think about why anyone converts to Christianity whether the person is on death row or not. In conversations I have had with people death is usually the farthest thing from their minds because we have such a high standard of living here in the US compared to other countries and most of us have access to great health care (an ambulance is only a cell phone call away.) People who convert to Christianity come to the very real realization that one day (like everyone else) they are going to die one way or the other. Peoples shortcomings in life and the bad decisions they have made weigh heavily on the mind and heart when thinking about end of life issues. The Gospel offers an escape from having to face God in judgment for the things that we know are wrong. So, we would rather have Jesus as our lawyer and substitute for the things we have done wrong. People on death row in this stage in their lives come to the stark realization that there is no more one day or dodging their fate. So, yes I do think there are genuine conversations for death row inmates just and there are genuine conversions for people not on death row.
2007-11-29 13:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by vantil23 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are probably both- but I did remember reading a story of a woman (cannot recall her name now) who did an interview before she died on death row that she had accepted Christ, knew that the crime she committed deserved death- and that she would never ask to for her death sentence to be revoked - she knew she was saved from eternal death and separation from God, but her physical death was well deserved. Interesting huh?
2007-11-29 13:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Bright Star,
To answer Adore Him's comment - It was Karla Fay Tucker, although I'm not sure I spelled her name correctly. I was praying that her sentence would be commuted because she truly became a beautiful Christian. I had started watching the 60 Minutes program about her very sceptically I ended up crying when she was put to death.
I have come to see that some are real and some are not.
For His glory,
JOYfilled
2007-11-29 15:45:43 · answer #4 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't think anyone on death row can be trusted. It's all just for show in my opinion, a last ditch effort for sympathy, woe is me. Never mind the horrible crime they committed that was SO BAD they are going to die for it.
I know from personal experience that when my step dad killed my mother & went to prison he tried anything & everything to get out...which he eventually did. He said he was dying, he's still alive & that was in 1970.Govenor wouldn't pardon him so he married his lawyer in prison. Then he found God too & even built & opened his own church in OK.
I'm still waiting on him to tell me he's sorry he took a 12 year olds mother away from her. But I would be most interested in hearing one of those revealing sermons of his.
2007-11-29 13:37:50 · answer #5 · answered by WitchDust 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We cannot don't have the right to judge people if he is an ex convict. The reason why people commits sins is because they are deprived of love and are always being judge that they will never change.
Mariam Magdelene change her life because somebody named Yahushua believed in her that he will repent for good. She became a follower and follow the ways of Yahusua which is obeying the Torah (Laws) of YAHushua's father - YAHweh our creator.
Thus, next time don't ever think that people will not change. Give them love and respect - give them a chance to prove that they will change. Best thing to do is, to pray to Yahweh that he will be healed by the Holy Spirit.
2007-11-29 13:37:06 · answer #6 · answered by Ramuel 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh yes ,death is a powerful wakeupcall. Some peoples converts
during thunderstorms.
2007-11-29 13:29:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Remember the crucified thief who asked to be remembered? Things don't get much more "death row" then that.
2007-11-29 13:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by braincase 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably both. I can certainly imagine a person knowing that he's going to die thinking a lot about what happens next. Even Jesus had one by his side.
2007-11-29 13:26:38 · answer #9 · answered by Joy 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't think about it, that's not my job, it's God's. My opinion would be purely conjecture, and wouldn't serve much of a purpose.
2007-11-29 13:28:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋