Is it because we are all sinful, especially the flesh?
Oh shut the fuck up and get over here and spank me!
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I know plenty of "low church" Christians who are in favor of corporal and capital punishment.
I know plenty of "low church" Christians who are in favor of corporal and capital punishment.
Wow that's horrible .I went to a VERY strict catholic school run by the church.
The headmaster was a priest and our teachers where nuns.
Their discipline consisted of public thrashings, where the child was dragged
up on morning parade by the ear, their transgressions read out, punishment declared and metered out in front of the whole student body.
This consisted of being bent over a chair, dress flipped up, knickers pulled down and the required amount of "cuts" given.
The child was then allowed to stand, fix their attire and was dragged off stage by the ear and put with their class mates.
A worst punishment was to be called to the priests office for a
"private"punishment.
where he would thrash you bare buttocks with a cane in one hand and masturbate himself with the other.
Here's what I ask Christians who advocate the death penalty? Would you be able to administer the lethal injection?
Christianity is not, for the most, about love and understanding. Acting in accordance with the sacred heart of Jesus is to be counter-Christian.
Christianity is about love, understanding, forgiveness, and all that is good. With that being said, it's not easy being a Christian when we live in an imperfect world. Jesus could forgive all because he was perfect. We are flawed humans and are incapable of perfection.
I advocate the death penalty but I don't take it lightly. It's for the worst of the worst. The people who have killed and showed no respect for human life. I believe in our system of "innocent until proven guilty", even though it's hard at times, and I also believe in giving an accused person DNA tests and whatever is needed to prove his/her innocence. I would not be able to administer the lethal injection as it's not my job to do it. But if it were a loved one of mine who was murdered by a monster, and I was asked, I just might be able to do it.
Christianity is about love, understanding, forgiveness, and all that is good. With that being said, it's not easy being a Christian when we live in an imperfect world. Jesus could forgive all because he was perfect. We are flawed humans and are incapable of perfection.
If you were asked to pull the switch for any execution for $100, would you do it?
It is understandable how some victims' families could yearn for the execution for their loved one's murderer.
What good comes out the death penalty?
Does it teach that vengeance is a Judeo-Christian virtue?
Does it bring loved ones back from the dead?
Does it help society at large in any way?
Why do we have the right to rip the life out of a "monster"?
The monster didn't have respect for life, and so we shouldn't either?
Even the cruelest of mankind has a right to life, no matter what they've done. What they don't have a right to is freedom and pleasure.
How can you be a Christian and support the death penalty?
If Jesus were a switch puller, I would want no part of him.
Life is so precious that its breath in the most evil of souls is priceless.