Since the thread is over, and I've been gone, I'm exercising my right to mention abortion.

 

I speak from a Christian perspective, but I believe it comes from any ethical (even non-religious) perspective- it is not ethical to take the life of another human being, except when it is the last resort to saving the life/lives of others.

 

In the case of abortion, it is only ethical to prematurely remove the baby from the womb if there are no other means to saving the life of the mother. Every other possible option must be taken to save the life of both.

 

In the case of the death penalty, it is only ethical to execute the offender when there are no other ways to protect society. Every other possible option- including 24/7 solitary confinement- must be taken.

 

Now, of course, the standard of living in different societies worldwide comes into play here. Poorer countries (that do not have access to advanced neo-natal medical care or prison systems capable of isolating the criminal) will have to resort to abortion and capital punishment more often than wealthy countries. However, in the United States, abortion and the death penalty should be so rarely used that it is an act of last resort, and not an issue . Death penalty as punishment and abortion for convenience are unethical and incompatible with natural law, IMO.

Don't have the time this morning but I will read the others in context and get back to you.

 

Your Matthew 26:51-52 Scripture loses significance here when it was Jesus himself who told Peter to have the sword because he would need it.

 

My first inclination is that loving your neighbor is worrying about being concerned about their eternal place. All else really doesn't matter in the long run.

 

I think you are stretching to fit Jesus commentary (frustrated at that moment) on swords with capital punishment. Then you debunk and throw out the Sermon on the Mount texts. Sorry LBBC, that's terrible exegesis and interpretation of scripture IMO.

I happen to think the death penalty is wrong.

 

Personally, I do not want to be judged by other mortals with the loss of life as a possible penalty. That is just wrong on too many levels.

Kentucky's Death Penalty is not a waste, it just needs to be sped up.

 

I see the punishment as a way to get the person out of society and it makes sense especially financially to get rid of the problem than to pay for the problem's cell and food for the next 40 years.

Kentucky's Death Penalty is not a waste, it just needs to be sped up.

 

I see the punishment as a way to get the person out of society and it makes sense especially financially to get rid of the problem than to pay for the problem's cell and food for the next 40 years.

 

Housing and board is really small change compared to the legal fees of appeals and the judicial process to execution.

Housing and board is really small change compared to the legal fees of appeals and the judicial process to execution.

 

That makes no sense, but you are exactly right.

 

It is a shame that a lot of states are debating on whether or not to dispose of their death penalty because of all of the legal fees. What's even more scary is the thought of these people being able to get out of jail on parole and then going out and committing the same crime again.

That makes no sense, but you are exactly right.

 

It is a shame that a lot of states are debating on whether or not to dispose of their death penalty because of all of the legal fees. What's even more scary is the thought of these people being able to get out of jail on parole and then going out and committing the same crime again.

 

That's why I have no problem with incarceration for life. Then they are removed from public soceity.

That's why I have no problem with incarceration for life. Then they are removed from public soceity.

 

But a lot of time life sentences are paroled and you take the chance of that same person ruining another family's life.