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Thread #65334   Message #1078034
Posted By: Two_bears
22-Dec-03 - 06:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: Capital Punishment?
Subject: RE: BS: Capital Punishment?
> While I am in agreement with you on you observations of many
> *supposed" Christians, you don't speak for all. Yes, many are do
> worship the religion about Jesus but many of us worship the
> religion *of* Jesus. I consider myself to fall in that latter

Of course; I do not speak for "christianity". I can only speak to the parts of "christianity" I have seen.

> There can be no "justice" in lethal injection of a killer on the
> soul of the one who has been killed. It's too late for restitution
> between these two people. Sure, it may bring some comfort level to

Of course there is justice in capita; punishment.

1. It brings closure to the family of the victim(s)

2. It guarantees that the person will not be allowed to murder other people in a like manner.

3. It protects society from evil predators.

the families but this is not justice. It's revenge.

> not mean to forget and that's where things like *life
> inprisionment* enters into the equation. I can forgive a murderer
> but that doesn't mean I want him or her to be free to do it again.

If life inprisonment was real life imprisonment; I would agree with you. but that is not the way things always happen. a bleeding heart judge lets them go to leave MORE victims in their wake.

I would like for the scientists to discover a way of putting these people in suspended animation where civilized society would not have to pay for people to guard them, and as new treatments that can cure them are developed; re-animate them and heal them so they can be a productive member of society/

Evil is what happens when good people do nothing to stop evil.

> And, lastly, if the US is going to thump its chest as a Chrisian
> nation, it needs to purge many of the churches that have become

I'm not "christian" I'm a devout pagan. but I understand that evil must be confronted.

> A good place to start would be for it to accept "sanctitiy of life"
> with no fine print.

I fully accept the sanctity of life. I catch insects and release them outside unharmed. but of a person has committed a heinous manner, and has proved that they can not live in a civilized society; they should be killed in order to protect society from them.