Re: Death penalty

> And I've only talked about it as a deterrent for the person being
> executed.

Again, that's not a deterrent, it's a punishment.

**so is life.  You take their liberty forever.


>>The fact that lifetime imprisonment could bring danger to those guarding
>> them doesn't wash for me - guards know the risk going into it. <
>
> Wow, the life of a guilty murderer is more worthy of protection than that
of
> a man/woman doing a job.

Mike, you're not this stupid.

**And since life sentences are not always life sentences, they don’t really
mean anything either.


> Yes humans are a fallible, we wouldn't have to punish criminals if we
> weren't.  But the criminal removes the possibility of grace in his/her
life
> when he/she chooses to take the life of another will malice and without
> justification or mitigating factors.

You don't get to determine when God's grace is finished. To be so
presumptuous is not only terrifying, but contemptible. It's truly
difficult for me to imagine greater hubris. God commanded you not to
murder, and you're going to demand that He step aside while we exact
our vengeance? Count me out, please.

**God also commanded a murderer be put to death didn’t he?  You obey on one
hand and ignore on the other?

**No...I don’t really think that, but effectively if you toss around God,
you have to deal with all things He said.


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