Okay, let's talk about JoiseyFollow

It's idiotic to restate what more intellegent posters have said before, but I'll convey my thoughts as best I can.


As much as I believe some people should die, I can't bring myself to openly condemn someone, what if this was an innocent? A Father, brother, son, daughter, sister, or mother who are ripped from their families for a crime they didn't commit. Until the day comes that we can read people's memory (HA!). I could never agree to death.


On the same hand life in prison still rips them from their families, but at least they find hope in at least their loved ones aren't dead.

I know, its a cop out, I can't be for either. I would love to kill child molestors. But not some random person who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

I think in the end its more important to refine the science behind catching criminals before judging if they should die.

~JD

Well I doubt this. All they'd have to do is ask forgiveness, right? Bygones?

Nexa

I think your second and third points are closer to the mark. Vengeance and fear are compelling emotions, and people tend to cling to their security blankets with an iron grip no matter how filthy and tattered those blankets really are.

Yeah, probably. Funny how most don't realize how Vengeance and Fear are two pretty common motivators of the very crimes we're speaking of. It must be that emotion is not the culprit, but rather the logic that determines what sort of action should be committed upon having such an emotion. I'll get angry and just deal with it, while another might get angry and murder. You insult me and I'll insult you back, while another person might just punch you in the face. Too many people don't realize how many different scenarios can spring for the littlest of actions. Except for maybe the writer of Butterfly Effect.

No, he's completely fUcked up the concept of what is and isn't an allegedly unforgivable sin.

Well, a cursory examination of the matter will reveal that in most Christian theologies there is only one unforgivable sin, and that is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit - that is, a rejection of God.

Catholicism has expanded on that idea and listed several sub-sins, if you will, that denote said rejection: despair, impenitence, etc. In context I would be inclined to call these symptoms, not separate sins.

It isn't as complicated as you seemed to imply.

Apparently even suicide isn't seen as unforgivable by some Christians. Still, being raised a Catholic, I'ld say that's pretty much heresy! If I still cared about such things anyway.



As for the death penalty, I'm not a fan of it mostly because of the possibility for mistakes. Although I'ld like to believe that at least the majority of people dying, is actually guilty, there's still the odds that some aren't.

On the other hand, it's more humane than putting someone behind bars for the rest of their lives without any chance of ever getting out. Some favour life sentences that actually mean life, but that's pretty cruel. Say a 20 year old gets life, remains in a cell for about 40 years or more.