Re: [Bulk] Re: Death penalty
pcg <[email protected]>
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>> It also elliminates the chance the guy could find forgiveness from God in >> this life. This is a subject my dear wife has changed my mind on over the >> years.< > > Another argument for keeping religion out of government and vice versa. Not contradicting you here, but not following, either. What's the argument? > But even from a religious perspective isn't it just as likely, if not moreso, > that putting a guy on death row would get him thinking of repentance, > forgiveness, the afterlife, etc.? Its along the same lines as "there are no > atheists in foxholes". Umm... isn't it also along the same lines as the Inquisition? I know, I know, it's not the *exactly* the same, you're not advocating putting people on death row for the sole purpose of saving their souls, but my point is that a threat of execution probably isn't the most morally sound way to get people thinking about repentence -- and it's certainly not a justification for "immoral homicide," if that is indeed what the death penalty is. -- -pcg [email protected] -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot