The Death Penalty is a Good Thing

[Feck]

There is a lot of killing in the rest of the book though

[Chuck Jones]

There is a lot of killing in the rest of the book though

Yes, there is. But that's no reason to be hypocritial.

[maiforpeace]

There is a lot of killing in the rest of the book though

Yes, there is. But that's no reason to be hypocritial.

[Loki]

There is a lot of killing in the rest of the book though

Yes, there is. But that's no reason to be hypocritial.

[Chuck Jones]

[maiforpeace]

Some good Christian you are.

[Chuck Jones]

Some good Christian you are.

I have a good sense of humor, sir. When people laugh, I like to join them.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Go ahead, call her sir again.

[Chuck Jones]

Sorry, I guess it's ma'am.

[maiforpeace]

Go ahead, call her sir again.

You must have me confused with the woman in my avatar.

[Coito ergo sum]

The death penalty is a good thing. Why crowd the prison system and waste taxpayer money just so that you lock someone up for god so many years? Locking someone up for many years is a form of torture. It is much more humane to just kill them. All that you are doing is pro-longing the suffering by keeping them alive. There is nothing wrong with sentencing someone to death for serious crimes. They are a lost cause and it is highly illogical to confine them in small spaces for years on end instead of just giving them a quick injection or the guillotine.

I'm from Texas but I disagree with the death penalty. Thou shalt not kill.

Murder. Thou shalt not murder, is the more correct translation. Back in the day, of course, when Exodus was first written, it meant, "thou shalt not murder another of the Chosen People." Killing Canaanites, Midianites, Amalekites, Egyptians, and others for no reason wasn't a problem. Killing folks as penalty of a crime is PRESCRIBED FOR VIOLATING MANY OF THE COMMANDMENTS! Right in the same damn pages of the same Book of Exodus that contain the 10 Commandments, God prescribes death as punishment for commandment breaking. Murder is punished by death - Exodus 21:12, Leviticus 24:17; Other crimes like incest, adultery, bearing false witness on a capital charge, idolatry (worshiping an idol), and other lesser offenses bear the death penalty.

The death penalty is quite Biblical.

[Chuck Jones]

Christians don't interpret it that way. You might believe in murder, but I don't. Then again if you see murder as the fulfilment of scripture, that's your belief.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

IF murder is bad, God is the leader. EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET got murdered at one point, except Noah's brood. Babies in utero on up.

[Feck]

The trouble is when you start to interpret the book and say it's killing ,not murder (of non chosen ) you actually find out that you disagree with 75% of the 'Law '

What next you get to eat shellfish and bacon ? cream sauces ? . It's a clever plan while you are at it why not reinterpret all the commandments about sucking up to the sky fairy (he's stronger than a Unicorn you know ) and replace them with some ethically useful advice from Him above ?

[FBM]

Christians don't interpret it that way. You might believe in murder, but I don't. Then again if you see murder as the fulfilment of scripture, that's your belief.

Sorry, man, I'm glad you're here and I hate to give the impression that my statements are based on blind prejudice, but there's been a whole lotta killin' done in the name of Christianity over the centuries. Crusades, Salem witch hunts, trials for heresy, etc etc etc. Seems that history supports the conclusion that a great number of Christians do interpret it that way. And not just in history. Today, too.