Death Penalty: Yea or Nay

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10-30-02
Originally posted by Spiff
[b]I've skimmed over the discussion (haven't had time to read it in full) but I'd just like to say the following:

People who are put to death aren't, in my opinion, being punished for their crimes.
So what are they being punished for then?




Someone who gets executed is better off than someone who has to think about what they've done for the rest of their lives.
I don't know. That's way subjective. Plenty of criminals have no remorse. Prison is nirvana to some of them. No responsibilities, no worries, three squares a day. Not to mention all the benefits and freebies.


As you may have guessed I'm not a religious person so I don't think that evil people spend the rest of eternity in a lake of fire in perpetual torment or anything like that.
No, they usually pray and repent in the end, when death is close. The bible says God forgives all sinners as long as they accept him. I think God leaves it up to us to make a lake of fire to torture the bastards in.



Yeah, so I'm anti-death penalty and always will be. If someone close to me died then I'd probably want the killer to die in turn, but that doesn't make it right.
Thank you.
I hear you.



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11-07-02
Yeh, I believe in Heaven and Hell, a city of God and a Lake of fire.
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11-11-02
--the death penalty, debated much. is it 'right'?--
my opinion yea, sure,why not, they were prooven guilty after all, right?pull out the ol' guillotine and off with their heads.

( though i dont knw if i -would- go for death penalty without some sort of dna proof.....)



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12-02-02
I have something new to add...

I was re-reading King's "The Green Mile" over the weekend and this line by Paul Edgecombe (Hanks in the movie) jumped out at me:

"...and here we go again, taking away that which we cannot make."

I want to ask the more God focused among you about the "master plan."

Do you believe that God has a plan for each soul? If so, how do you reconcile ending the life of an individual that God may have future plans for?

...or is it that God sets us here and let's us go... free to make our choices?

Just curious.

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