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I am not a religious person, but it amazes me how it seems that where the death penalty is the most prevalent and active is also where the populous tends to more vehemently celebrate their adherence to the teachings of Christ. Truly, what would Jesus do?
Originally posted by getreadyalready
I do think that Gandhi, or the Dalai Lama, or the Golden Child, lol, has a much elevated spirituality over me, and that if someone can stare in wonder and sadness for their aggressor while they are being killed, that it has a certain quality and enlightenment!
Originally posted by DeltaChaos
After struggling for years in internal debate with my own conflicting convictions on capital punishment and capital crime,
I have become an avid proponent of cruel and unusual punishment. Or at least legal corporal punishment to be delivered on a regular basis over a prescribed span of an offender's life.
[edit on 21-9-2009 by DeltaChaos]
Originally posted by damwel
If you are supposed to die at another's hands even though you are innocent, that's the way it goes. You have no right to take another's life to prevent them from taking yours.
[edit on 21-9-2009 by damwel]
Originally posted by DeltaChaos
Truly, what would Jesus do?
Originally posted by badgerprints
You do understand that once a murderer is behind bars he cannot actually kill anyone outside of the jail? That means you will be hurting him just for the sake of hurting him.
That's much more disturbed than just executing a murderer.