Does your religion support the death penalty?

[Sky Dancer]

A Buddhist says no. We take vows called the five precepts and the first one is not to kill.

 

[uscitizen]

Christians say yes. You are supposed to stone an unfaithful wife to death.

 

[Madeline]

The RCC (my childhood religion) says no.

 

[Sky Dancer]

I doubt the modern Christian Church engages in stoning adulterers to death.

The Buddhist Peace Fellowship, a California-based Buddhist social activist organization, wrote the following in an Oct. 2006 article posted to its website, titled "Buddhism and the Death Penalty":

"As Engaged Buddhists, we believe that social and personal transformation are always possible, and that even wounded people can change contribute to life...

We believe that capital punishment not only fails to serve as deterrence to violence and murder, but that it nourishes the seeds of violence that exist within each of us.

We believe that there is no fair or practical way to arrive at a sentence of death...

To continue with capital punishment in its present state means that more innocent people are bound to die."

Oct. 2006 - Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF)
Does Buddhism support the death penalty? - Death Penalty - ProCon.org

 

[Sky Dancer]

The RCC (my childhood religion) says no.

No death penalty for RCC?

 

[uscitizen]

Christians sure support death as vengence.

 

[Care4all]

as maddie said, the Catholic Church in the USA does not support our death penalty laws in the various states that have them.

 

[Sky Dancer]

Two of our major Buddhist saints, Angulimala and Milarepa were murderers and they turned their lives around and became fully enlightened, and ended up helping thousands and thousands of people.

 

[Sky Dancer]

as maddie said, the Catholic Church in the USA does not support our death penalty laws in the various states that have them.

Thanks Care and Maddie,

It's good to know whe is a ally in this issue.

Here is a link to some official statements of various religions:
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/religion-and-death-penalty

 

[Madeline]

as maddie said, the Catholic Church in the USA does not support our death penalty laws in the various states that have them.

Thanks Care and Maddie,

It's good to know whe is a ally in this issue.

"Ally" might be putting it a bit strongly. When's the last time you saw the RCC pour millions into an ad campaign to repeal the death penalty?

 

[Madeline]

The RCC (my childhood religion) says no.

No death penalty for RCC?

No abortion, no death penalty, no suicide and no euthanasia. No death, except by natural causes and injuries. This is the RCC dogma; it is even recited at every Mass as part of the litany.

 

[Sky Dancer]

as maddie said, the Catholic Church in the USA does not support our death penalty laws in the various states that have them.

Thanks Care and Maddie,

It's good to know whe is a ally in this issue.

"Ally" might be putting it a bit strongly. When's the last time you saw the RCC pour millions into an ad campaign to repeal the death penalty?

I can't think of any group, religious or otherwise, who's put money into an anti-capital punishment drive.

I write to prisoners through the Prison Dharma Project. I'm seeing these men change over time.

 

[Revere]

The Church does not need to "pour millions in an ad campaign" to purify its position on the death penalty.

 

[Adamo]

I'm agnostic and I support the death penalty. Spend the money saved on keeping guys like Tim McVeigh alive on the poor.

 

[kwc57]

Regardless of what my religion teaches, I support the death penalty. Each case should be weighed on it's own merits. There are instances where a person's crime is bad enough that it warrants the forfeiture of their own life. Just my personal opinion. That and $4.95 will get you a cup of joe.

 

[Sunni Man]

My state of Texas has the death penalty.

They run it like an assembly line at a factory.

Commit murder and you forfeit "your" life.

 

[Revere]

Christians were on the front lines of the civil rights and social justice movements from the outset. They were getting their skulls cracked and arrested as much or more than anyone.

Nobody was yipping about separation of church and state back then.

Except racists like SCOTUS Justice Hugo Black.

 

[Adamo]

My state of Texas has the death penalty.

They run it like an assembly line at a factory.

Commit murder and you forfeit "your" life.

What's the death penalty in Islam? You get stuffed up a camel's arse?

 

[Madeline]

The Church does not need to "pour millions in an ad campaign" to purify its position on the death penalty.

I wish to God the RCC was content with just "purifying its position" on abortion rights and gay marriage.

Pardon me for objecting to blatant hypocrisy.

 

[kwc57]

My state of Texas has the death penalty.

They run it like an assembly line at a factory.

Commit murder and you forfeit "your" life.

You damn betcha! There is a price to pay for killing an innocent person.