How would your religion judge Dexter?

Question

the serial killer who kills murderers?
If your country executes people who kill, declares wars on terrorists (and you vote) then how are you different from this?

Answer 1

PSA 112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Answer 2

My religion is a bit on the fuzzy.

However, no matter what religion I may or may not fall into its a moot point.
I find it amusing though that the character has no problems with the judgment (he makes no quams or apologies for the monster that he is) and yet others do.

Lastly. The difference between murder and execution should be evident. One is lawful one is not. Most religions will tell you to follow the tenants of man. Some leave it up to the individual to decide on right or wrong in their government's laws. Some even tell people to make war on folks.
I don't have any personal sympathy for people who rape and murder and will make no apologies for feeling they should be put out of their countries misery. Bullets are cheaper than jail cells and why give them a chance to hurt another person? In this, Dexter is right on point. And I think that's one reason he is an appealing character.

Answer 3

This is a complex question and is deeply rooted in what and when is killing acceptable or not. Clearly there are times when killing is acceptable i.e. when attacked without provocation and in fear of your life (self defense) and the same applies to when you are protecting another (i.e. some one is raping another and the only way to stop them is to kill them).

Just as clear, anyone who murders or kills for the thrill of it, anger or other emotion, personal gain etc is wrong. To a lesser extent, killing accidentally through negligence is also wrong.

Now, how does killing killers fit into this? Essentially we, at least many societies, have learned that a single person's judgment may not be fair and that often they will not know all the facts. It is reasonable to protect innocent people by creating laws and a fair trial system based on evidence to protect all and to endeavor to punish the truly guilty. In this case "taking the law into your own hands" is at a minimum, legally wrong and a poor idea.

War, especially when directed at terrorism, is another case, but basically parallels the cases above. It is a terrible loss of life and should not be approached lightly. Much of it's morality rests on the motivations and reasons.

Answer 4

ok. a serial killer is a person that is a freak and kills people for basically no reason. If the government executes someone because of many crimes they have commited they deserve to die. and when your country declares war on people that has killed thousands of innocent people they have the right to do so. and voting is just a way for people to be heard and so their opinion matters. this is all way different from being a serial killer

Answer 5

I'm not sure, but by the rules of most religions murdering for any reason would be spiritually punished. As for politically, the Torah (is that spelled right?) and the Bible have placed rules for what happens when a sinner is elected, which usually does not involve punishing the voters unless they voted so that the sin would be done. Voters are very different from Dexter according to Judaism and Christianity (I still need to do more research on Islam)

Answer 6

Sounds a lot like the Boondock Saints

Answer 7

You are not, except in ones ability to diffuse responsibility to many voters and a complex bureaucracy. Similarly when one shoots up a school because his individual physical or psychological needs are not being met or are threatened by fellow classmates and he shoots them up is no different than a nation whose needs (perhaps oil) are threatened by another nation and they wage war against another nation is no different except in scale and diffusion of responsibility.

Answer 8

Actually, it's not how any particular religion would judge Dexter, but how God would. Sometimes, the two are mutually exclusive.

Answer 9

My religion don't judge any one, I leave that up to my God! But personally I Love Dexter and he got cuter and cuter as the seasons went on! Looking forward to his return!

Answer 10

Some aren't ready to think outside the box and merely following the orders from authority and majority 'believed' to be the truth — sadly.

I haven't got any present inside my stocking yet =D

RAmen~!

Answer 11

Probably not well. He is still a murderer, and according to the "word of god" only god has the right to judge the wicked. But, who cares, vigilantes make good t.v.