Create a New Forum Admin Login Member Login Contribute to Voyager Search VoyForums Help Desk VoyForums Exchange VoyForums Directory/Categories VoyForums Homepage VoyForums News FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2 ]

Subject: Death Penalty Author: Mary Jewell [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 23:18:25 04/15/04 Thu Death Penalty The controversy surrounding the death penalty has two different views. You’re either for it or against it, there’s no gray area. Should the death penalty be considered cruel and inhumane? Is the death penalty immoral? Once stance against the death penalty would be the religious aspect. Catholics believe that God made man and that man should not take another man’s life. They don’t believe in electrocution, hanging and lethal injection. They do believe in turning the other cheek and treating each other with respect and how they want to be treated by others. Another stance on this topic would be the nonreligious, more of an opinion, stance. One side says yes, that person does deserve to die. They killed; they deserve to lose their own life. Sometimes those same people think they’re using the religious aspect and take the Bible out on context, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” Having the state of mind as- you hurt me by taking something/someone I cared for and loved away from me, so therefore the state must execute you. On the other side of this stance, there are people who believe that putting a man to death of his crime is immoral. That they must suffer the rest of his/her life dealing with the guilt that they’ve killed one or several other people. And then there are those who believe that criminals sentenced to death can be rehabilitated. It could just be a case of karma, what comes around goes around. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]