Funny how “conservatives” are pro-life and pro-death penalty. While liberals are pro-choice and anti-death penalty.
All of you are a bunch of hypocrites... either you are pro life or your are pro death. QED...
Seems to me those of the religious sorts among us, would view it differently... Christians should never rejoice when the death penalty is employed...
I recall a story about the Pharisees who brought a woman that was caught in the act of adultery to Jesus and asked Him if she should be stoned, Jesus replied, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her”.
I think Jesus was simply exposing the hypocrisy nicely when he said it...
Then why did not Jesus save the two criminals next to him while on the cross?
The Catholic joke is that as soon as he finished saying this, a single stone whizzes out from the crowd and plonks the woman square on the nose.
And Jesus shouted, "MOMMMM! Cut that out!"
Cheers!
>>Funny how “conservatives” are pro-life and pro-death penalty.<<
Do you not see the the distinction between taking innocent life and executing a murderer?
The death penalty was handed down to Moses from God. It is God’s idea, not man’s.
And Jesus never rescinded it. Even one of the thieves crucified next to Christ said that he deserved the death penalty, while the innocent Christ did not.
Disagreed.
It is utterly inhumane (read 'cruel and unusual') to cage a man for a significant portion of his life (say 20 years); such extended-sentences are often quite disproportionate to the crime committed (10 or 15 years for fraud?) precisely because our current system is so reluctant to engage corporeal punishments.
And if one is put in a place where he can never 'pay his debt to society' then why would you force that very society to provide his upkeep for such a large span of time?
An a little old lady pushed her way to the front of the crowd an started chuckin rocks an Jesus said.....
Mother please !
That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever read in this forum.
The difference between the death penalty for criminals and abortion is as stark as the difference between guilt and innocence. There is NO hypocrisy whatsoever in holding that one is wrong while the other is right.
Beyond that, the New Testament (not to mention the Old Testament) clearly teaches that capital punishment is not only right but necessary.
Only a liberal would equate the innocence of an unborn child with a guilty murderer.
Thank You so much for those beautiful sanctimonious words!
Now get yer a$$ down off that soapbox!
I don’t think the conservative stance is hypocritical. There’s a difference between innocent life (the unborn) & the guilty (so adjudicated in a court of law). One undeserving of death & one reasonably found to be deserving of losing life.
I would agree that it’s bad form for conservatives to celebrate the taking of a life.
On the other hand, it’s perfectly alright to be happy at a victory over Obama interfering with Texas law. ;-)
Adultery is a LITTLE different than rape, horrible torture and MURDER of a child.
I have never understood this line of "reasoning." Perhaps you can explain it better.
I believe in killing murderers and not killing innocent human beings. Thus anti-abortion and pro death penalty. Seems perfectly consistent to me.
I just don't see how it is possible to look at the judicial execution of a brutal adult murderer (after extended due process) and infanticide of an innocent, and then say, "These are the same thing."
That said, I don't celebrate executions. I just feel a sense of quiet satisfaction. Some trash has been taken out.
The Koran says "Kill the Hypocrites". Modern Leftwingtardism isn't really different than that.
Here's your problem with capital punishment ~ only few are chosen. Almost without exception these are hard core stone cold sociopathic killers.
If you keep them around in a prison population long enough they'll kill again ~ maybe a guard, a fellow prisoner who is a white collar criminal, a visitor or maybe some other category of person.
It's statistically demonstrable that this happens.
When you execute these guys they don't kill again. If you tarry, a certain fraction ~ a very large fraction ~ will kill.
You may have thought you were escaping the knowledge of some specific person being put to death by opposing an execution, but all you've done is trade the killer for another victim you probably don't know and will never hear about, nor care about.
This bifurcated reality behind execution leaves Christians with a choice ~ kill a known killer or by keeping such a killer around kill an unknown stranger later on.
Which is the morally superior position? Think about it like that.
I’m afraid you’ve got it wrong.
You probably aren’t aware of the “Texas Seven.” I covered my change of mind due to these murdered in my blog on today’s execution: http://wingright.org/2011/07/07/death-penalty-in-texas-internationally-criticized/#entry
God is for capital punishment.Jesus Christ did not do away with the law of capital punishment. God takes it very seriously when some one murders or rapes one of His children. Yes, according to God’s law, the punishment for rape is the same as murder, death.
http://www.biblestudygames.com/biblestudies/capitalpunishment.htm
“Funny how “conservatives” are pro-life and pro-death penalty. While liberals are pro-choice and anti-death penalty.”
never thought of that.Do you mind if I use that .
At which point, Jesus picked up a big-ass stone, hurled it 60' 6" at the woman, hit her between the eyes, and the Pharisees yelled, "Yer Out" !!!
It’s moronic to put Jesus words in this context. He said “without sin”. Had he said “without murder”, there would be a whole bunch of guys stepping forward.
Now about this “pro-life” and “pro-death penalty” supposed hypocrisy. None of it. Protection of innocent life is not a contradiction to the punishment of a criminal one.
“I recall a story about the Pharisees who brought a woman that was caught in the act of adultery to Jesus and asked Him if she should be stoned, Jesus replied, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her”
Remember the Pharisees had participated in her crime, but the woman came forward to Christ for deliverance. Had she not willingly come forward for deliverance and allowed Jesus to work with her, Jesus wouldn’t have intervened and she would’ve been subject to the stoning. Jesus exposed the Pharisees hypocricy and told the woman that he did not condemn her, and to sin no more. Deliverance is available to those who want it.
Wel, I'm not all that religious but, just the same, I think abortion is wrong and the death penalty is fine.
I believe that the innocent deserve to live and guilty murderers deserve to die.
Liberals believe that guilty murderers should live and even innocent, viable-outside-the-womb humans should die.
My position is consistent: It all depends on guilt.
Your position is consistent: All life should be spared, regardless of guilt.
The liberal position is the one that is totally inconsistent: The innocent should die and the guilty should live.
Liberals on the other hand want to kill innocent unborn children and let murdering a**holes walk free. There are the hypocrites and if you can't see the difference you are truly blind.