the religious and capital punishment

[nailit]

I would like to hear religious peoples attitude towards capital punishment.
State sanctioned execution is obviously a contentious and contraversial subject at the best of times but Im more interested in the religious aspect of it.
If you are religious, what crimes would warrent death? Are there 'crimes' that your holy books once sanctioned death for that are no longer applicable? Would society be better of if we (in the western world) followed your religious laws concerning capital punishment?
Thanks.
(obviously, thread open to non religious as well...)

[naomi24]

Bless you my son. :o)

[naomi24]

Oops, that was to Jom - but bless you too Sandy. ;o)

[jomifl]

The explanation to the ambiguous god is that the 10 commandments were written by one god, the rest was written by the devil, so the cathars were right all along.

[JonnyBoy12]

Capital punishment is fine by me. Getting the cane never hurt anyone lastingly. Spare the rod and spoil the child is what I say.

[jomifl]

absolutely, everyone gets over capital punishment in a couple of days

[DaisyNonna]

Corporal or capital? A big difference.

[sandyRoe]

are there more than 10 commandments?
Naomi, thank you for the benediction. Knowing that it's coming from someone like yourself makes it all the more valuable in my eyes. :-)

[naomi24]

Johnny, I hope you don't mind me saying, but capital punishment means the death penalty. Getting the cane is corporal punishment.

Jom, ah, the Cathars. We've never really spoken about them, have we. Do you think it's time we did?

Sandy, my pleasure. ;o)

Got to go to bed. Night all. x

[jomifl]

I find that optrex works better for eyes than benediction, that is better for tonsils.

[ludwig]

You can avoid the worst effects of capital punishment by sticking a book down your trousers.

[jomifl]

only if you know that that the poker is being heated up.

[naomi24]

Haaaaaaaaaaaa! Shuddup you!

I was just going to log off and go quietly to bed when I saw that. Now I can't stop laughing! :o))))

Night all. x

[ludwig]

..pleasant dreams ;o)

[jomifl]

G'night all :-)

[naomi24]

I posted that to Ludwig, but now you're here and you're just as bad Jom. How funny! :o))))

I'm really going now. Crying here. x

[birdie1971]

@Sandy - “... are there more than 10 commandments?...”

Yes there are. Depending on which book and chapter you're reading, the following can be accurately described as being included in the 'ten' commandments;

Do not make molten gods;
Keep the feast of unleavened bread;
The first-born offspring of every cow and sheep is to be sacrificed to God;
All male children must appear before God three times per year;
Do not boil a baby goat in its mother's milk.

etc.


There are no less than three sets of 'ten' commandments in the bible – none of which match. When anyone mentions the biblical 'ten commandments', the correct response is to ask which 'ten commandments' they are referring to.

[sandyRoe]

To concoct a recipe that called for a kid to be boiled in its mother's milk would need a mind that could only be called devilishly depraved.

[nailit]

Andyvon..."Why are you couching your question in the past tense Nailit?"
Wasnt aware that I was Andy.
"Islam advocates capital punishment for religious reasons today "
I know, thats why I asked if western society would be better off if we followed religious laws re: capital punishment. Unfortunetly no advocates of the islamic faith have answered.

[nannybooby]

jno ...love the bit about Ryan Giggs - who would miss the waste of space anyway lol.

[nailit]

Would have liked to hear from some of the muslems on here (I know there are some from reading past posts), never mind.