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Is Capital Punishment Biblical?
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Capital punishment has always been an arguable issue and for good reason.
The Old Testament clearly calls for the death penalty on many occasions,
whereas; many of the teachings of Jesus and others in the New testament readily
denounce it. Therefore, both advocates ands opponents of capital puni ....
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death penalty think that everyone should learn from Jesus and give others a
second chance, because the execution of a criminal cannot be justified by the
good which their death may do for the rest of society.
As stated before, capital punishment was commanded by God of the people
in the Old Testament. Exodus 21:14 states that “if a man schemes and kills
another man deliberately, take him away from my altar and put him to death.”
Levitical 24:17 and 24b essentially say the same thing to the.... |
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