Yes, this spiritual passage (Jesus of Nazareth, "who taught us not to return hate for hate and evil for evil") prohibits the usage of death penalty. I think Jesus is saying that if someone wrongs us, we shouldn't wrong them back.
Sister Helen Prejean states that Jesus taught us to not return hate for hate and evil for evil. Some Christians disagree with her. Therefore, some Christians disagree that Jesus taught us to not return hate for hate and evil for evil. Like we have all read, most Christians are more likely to support the death penalty. It is so sad to hear that some Christians disagree with Sister Helen Prejean's statement, which comes from the Bible. The Bible is a truth that God wrote to people (Christians) that believe in him. Christians should be able to relate to the people deserving the death penalty and understand that the death penalty is wrong. As Christians, we believe that we are sinners and we deserve death because we have wronged God. However, God forgave us. Having this great forgiveness that we do not deserve and knowing that we should forgive as He forgave us, wouldn't you want the death penalty to cease?
Hello A,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what you would do to the people who are committing crimes then. Do you wish to just lock them up for life? You do understand that that consumes a whole bunch of resources. I don't think that the death that is spoken about in the bible is the same death that we are talking about for the death penalty. The death to sin is a different type of death. It is true that God forgives us IF WE ASK FOR IT. This is a very controversial topic and therefore is very hard to answer. Good job!