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Originally Posted by Vinyar1032";p="
Thinking on it. Killing a killer, you are just as bad. God invokes the punishment to his rules. He says "You murdered, you broke the fifth commandment, to Hell with your soul". It is not our place to break a commandment in responce to the breaking of a commandment. It is Gods place to punish those who break his commandments, not ours.
Plus even more, that is religous view, not really the view government should look for. The worst punishment possible is to let them rot in jail.
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Actually, the Fifth Commandment has more the force of "Thou shalt not murder," which means that killing is okay in war, self-defense, and executing criminals. And legally taking the life of a killer does not automatically dispatch the killer's soul to hellfire and (*)(*)(*)(*)ation, as he/she had plenty of opportunity to decide whether or not to repent. And besides, what is the sense of relying upon a book that recommends the death penalty for adultery and working on the Sabbath as an authoritative support for anti-death penalty arguments? And so, we should just let criminals run loose until God sends his holy lightning bolts to clear them from our midst? Hmm.