I have never studied the topic of capital punishment from a purely non-religious angle. After listening to Alasdair MacIntyre's recent controversial paper on human dignity I am curious to raise this topic on CF.
My hunch is that MacIntyre is right, and as a corollary, when confined to...
I'm actually having this conversation on another thread. But the person I'm mainly debating with is, unfortunately, an Atheist, and thus far we clash on every point. So, while I'm continuing that conversation with him, I'm also turning to my brothers and sisters in the faith. What do you guys...
Dylann Roof appeals death sentence in Charleston church slayings
Dylann Roof's appeal in his 2015 church massacre conviction focuses on killer's competency to stand trial
Well, some of them were among the crowd that descended on the Capitol on January 6, they tried and failed.
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People who don’t believe that executions can stop further murders, and other crimes, should take a look at the criminal career of Paul Eugene Rowles (1948-2013). He first raped and killed Linda Fida, 20, in 1972, at an apartment complex in Miami. Her husband found her dead, naked body in the...
By now it should be well-known that Pope Francis has revised the Catholic Catechism to say that capital punishment is inadmissible. What do you think about the relationship between Christianity and capital punishment? I want to hear from all Christians, and I also want to give Catholics a...
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So, in my Leviticus discussion we began to bleed into Numbers, so I thought I'd just make a new thread so I could do some additional discussion without spamming the last one.
So, there are a few different passages in Numbers (and Leviticus, and the OT in general) that discuss people...
The only unforgivable sin is rejecting the Holy Spirit.
The reason is that this builds a wall between you and
God that doesn't allow you to accept His forgiveness.
His forgiveness is still there, but if you intentionally
build a wall, you loose access to God's forgiveness
of all sins. This is...
On this issue, I agree with Pope Francis who leads the Catholic Church. Too many innocent people have been killed after being wrongly convicted and wrongly sentenced to the death penalty. On top of that, society does not have the right to take life to show that taking life is wrong. It is, to...
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/06/21/pope_francis_video_message_to_death_penalty_conference/1238843#
Francis told the conference that executing criminals is not "consonant with any just purpose of punishment. It does not render justice to victims, but instead fosters vengeance. The...
So, the wearer of the presidential toupee said women should be punished for having an abortion, if abortions were illegal and every liberal died of bleeding heart syndrome.
Then some one informed him that's not real heart condition and he quickly backtracked saying he thought pregnant women and...
The Pope has, once again, declared his opposition to God’s will, and command, as clearly stated in Scripture. This is demonstrated in his present call for a worldwide abolition of death penalty. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-capitalpunishment-idUSKCN0VU0GH
The Bible, which is God’s...
Delaware Online February 1
Delaware's making news on Constitutional issues yet again. I hope they abolish the DP in that state. Ideally in all states that currently have the DP.