weallbleed
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« on: September 28, 2004, 11:05:07 AM » |
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Yes. By definition one is a Christian only if they believe in the Triune God and that Jesus was the son of God.
I am not Christian, but I generally oppose the death penalty. While I don't oppose it in theory, it doesn't work in practice. The current system is a joke, if you look at racial stats on death row, as well as the fact that less than 1% of murders receive the death penalty and we know how long it takes to carry it out. On the other hand, increasing use of the death penalty increases the chances of executing innocents to way too high.
The only way I can see the death penalty being fairly used is it's used on only the most heinous of criminals, and I'm talking about war criminals and super terrorists (Timothy McVeigh would fall into this category). Then its sparingly use is logical due to the fact it is now the ultimate penalty. But the current system is a joke.
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