The principal argument is that because life is sacred, those who wrongfully take another human life must lose their own lives.

Many early Christians were strongly opposed to the death penalty, and magistrates who enforced it could be excommunicated. Buddhism · Christianity · Islam · Judaism

4 янв. 2022 г. · The Old Testament law commanded the death penalty for various acts: murder (Exodus 21:12), kidnapping (Exodus 21:16), bestiality (Exodus ...

6 июн. 2019 г. · The vast majority of Christian Churches are against the death penalty and actively campaign for its abolition.

Capital punishment in the Bible refers to instances in the Bible where death is called for as a punishment and also instances where it is proscribed or ...

The current position of the Roman Catholic Church is that “no matter how serious the crime that has been committed, the death penalty is inadmissible because ...

17 дек. 2023 г. · The death penalty does execute a number of innocent people each year—about 4% of those executed are innocent. (Jesus himself was a victim of an ...

9 окт. 2023 г. · The most compelling piece of evidence people use from the Bible against the death penalty is the commandment “thou shalt not kill.”

24 июн. 2014 г. · Some believe that in a hard and violent world, the death penalty is a necessary evil. On a larger social scale, some Christians defend going to ...