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Originally posted by Hootie
I ask those who aren't pro-death penalty to think how they'd feel if their mother, father, sister, brother, grandma, child, best friend, lover, co-worker were killed malitiously by one of these crazed people...what sort of justification would you want? I find it hard for even the most compassionate people to not want some sort of revenge!
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* I DO TALK ABOUT RELIGION IN THIS POST*
Be warned, i will talk about religion in this post, not with the intent of offending anyone but becuase it is an integral part of my belief structure and to give you insight on why I feel the way I do. Skip this post if you're going to be offended.
I would of course be heartbroken and want them locked away for the rest of their natural lives, but I would also pray that God would grant me the strength and courage to forgive that person for their horrible actions. Holding onto grief and hatred would not do me any good as a person, and the knowledge that I had a hand in sending someone to die for revenge, or so i could feel some sort of vindication would haunt me for the rest of my life. I would have killed someone with the mask of 'it's for justice'. I don't want to get all religious on you guys but since my religion is an important part of my beliefs I would like to point out that the scripture talking about an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is in the old testament. The old testament occured BEFORE Jesus came to earth. Jesus preached a message of peace and forgiveness. Those who because Christians in that era rather than following the stict jewish laws instead followed the way of Christ. The laws in the old testemant were designed to give people a structure to live riteous lives until such a time as they could know Jesus. This is why I feel that it is more important to forgive, not always to forget, but to forgive. In the long term it would do more to hurt me mentally to hold that grudge and look for the death of this person than to forgive them with God's help. My family knows that God forbid, if something were to happen to me as the result of a heinous crime I would not want them to seek the death penalty.