In Christianity, teachings tell that you should never take a life. Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth also state that you shouldn't return hate for hate or evil for evil. So...doesn't the death penalty contradict this? Christianity teaches people that they're all God's children, so why would a person want to put their "brother" or "sister" to death? Of course besides these reasonings, a person could always say that the person in the death penalty deserves to be in there because of the poor actions they made. Just think about it, if you're Christian and have those beliefs, then one of your family members gets murdered, would you just forgive the suspect or would you want justice served to them? It's a hard decision to make because it's a person's life that could possibly be taken away because they took the life of another. I am Christian, so it's also a pretty difficult situation for me to decide, but I guess it all depends on the situation.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you because I do not think any religion would encourage you to take anyone’s life away. The argument is opposing the idea of Christianity. I do not agree with you even if they take away someone’s life. Criminal should go into jail but not to have any death penalties due to human rights, and criminals have a chance to correct his problem. That is why I do not support death penalty in any ways even if the situation is really bad or he killed ten people. I think everyone deserve a right to live and to change.
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ReplyDeleteI do agree with you strongly that it depends on the situation at hand. No religion does promote killing of another, and that is why a lot of people do not agree with the death penalty. But at the same time many people do forget that there still is another victim other than just the person who was killed. The families of those victims that the convict killed. I have seen and known people who were against the death penalty, but then when a situation happened to them, they changed their views drastically and are now for the death penalty. The death penalty truly is a touchy and very debatable topic and I do not see an end to the debate in sight.
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