Dying,you destroyed my life..&;#063;

Dying, you destroyed my life??..?
The debate over capital punishment typically revolves around issues of
deterrence, morality, racism, and the possibility of executing an
innocent person. The word "capital" in capital punishment comes from
the Latin kaput, meaning "head." Capital punishment refers to the
practice of beheading criminals.
Lets ask the Christians??
Christianity teaches that every human life is sacred, and that all are
sinners (hence original sin). Therefore there is no fundamental
difference between the criminal class and the rest of us. Capital
punishment implies the assumption that a person is irredeemable, that
neither God nor man can do any more for him in this life. That judgment
is not consistent with Christian teaching.
Also as Christians we believe that Capital punishment does not deter
crime, and I feel they believe this quite rightly. A rational human
being would be deterred by the death penalty but people who commit
crimes worthy enough of the death penalty must not be with a rational
mind.

The basis of Christian's view of the death penalty is that it is wrong.
We see Jesus' teaching of the death penalty in the bible 'an eye for an
eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say into you, that ye resist not
evil . . .. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you' (Matthew
5:38-39)
Christians also consider the death penalty a violation of the
commandment 'thou shalt not kill'
The philosophy behind the death penalty in a civilized society is that
the punishment does not exist until the crime has been committed and
therefore people do it by free choice therefore endeavoring to take
upon themselves any forth coming punishment.
In Christianity we believe that God is the ultimate judge and to take a
human life makes us no better than the criminals that we punish. So
thereby in removing capital punishment from the statute books
Christians feel that they have taken a step towards a more tolerant
forgiving and Christian society. This can be seen by the 'turn the
other cheek' mentality.
Jesus was given the death penalty when he was put upon the cross, this
was a public spectacle and humiliation and degradation to all who
suffered by this process. Even though Jesus allowed himself to undergo
this severe violation of human life, we can see that Jesus does not
agree with the death penalty.
He clearly demonstrated this point when he confronted a mob gathering
to stone a woman to death, he said 'Him without sin should cast the
first stone'
I think that Jesus is telling us that there is a problem in imposing
the death penalty because no one is without sin.

What is justice?

Justice I believe is both natural and judicial. Natural justice is
where someone gets there 'just deserts' to use an example the arsonists
in Australia who set fire to the outback, they will be taking part in
the clearing up and salvage operations as their punishment. This will
hopefully lead to them not repeating this criminal act, when they see
how it affects people.
Judicial justice, this is where in formal surroundings people can be
held against their will and made to serve out a sentence of a period of
loss of liberty and freedom.

I believe that peace bought with murder is not peace at all; it is
merely the silence of death.