You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in Genesis chapter nine... God ordains the death penalty!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.
If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.
I am against the death penalty.
I think in some instances that the death penalty is required.
Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed.
I don't believe in the death penalty, but I understand personal vengeance.
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.