PhilsFan
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I have gone to great lengths to try to argue without bringing morality into it. Why does everyone ignore that?
Totally agree. Like yourself, I have a tendency to align my sympathies with the victims of crime rather than the perpretators. Yeah, I know. Crazy right wing extremist talk. But, hey, that's just us.
Only on this forum is state sanctioned execution for irredeemable mass murderers and child killers viewed as far out crazy bigotted right wing stuff - in the real world, it's what most normal, moral people think, quite frankly.
I propose that a morally just and noble society should have no reason* not to seek the death penalty
Interesting proposal. How do you square that with your belief in Christianity?
the belief that allowing murderers to live actually cheapens human life sending the message that society is not really serious about forbidding murder.
I love when Christians use both the old and new testament to justify their beliefs. You can almost literally have any belief there is and find support for it in one or the other
I actually used the Old Testament in my rationale for not supporting capital punishment earlier in this thread. I'll throw in a New Testament verse to round that out:
"Those who live by the sword will die by the sword."
I actually used the Old Testament in my rationale for not supporting capital punishment earlier in this thread. I'll throw in a New Testament verse to round that out:
"Those who live by the sword will die by the sword."
Yeah I could see it being read as a warning to criminals, suggesting that death is a suitable punishment for a violent lifestyle. But that interpretation would be out of character for Christ and bizarre for the context: it's clearly a pacifist verse.
Nbcrusader .