This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.
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Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour.
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it right. No religion on earth condones the killing of innocent people; no faith tradition tolerates the random killing of our brothers and sisters on this earth.
I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.
Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest.
The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.
No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.
Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.
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