Comparing Christianity And Capital Punishment

Some of the Christains believe that the capital punishment is not an acceptable and appropriate method to punish someone. This is because Christianity is based on forgiveness and compassion. Christianity always teach us to forgive other people and also compass others. This teaching supports the sentence of life imprisonment. Giving the murderer an imprisonment instead of death penalty is another way to forgive some one because it will give him or her a new chance to live their life in a better way and also make him or her able to reflect of what him or her has done to a human being. By forgiving someone, we should also support them as Christainity teaches that “Abolition is in line with support life.” The punishment of death penalty is opposing the general Christian stand, as it told us that every single lif shoud be supported. Therefore we should be supporting the murderer who is willing to change their behaviour and attitude. Christianity also teaches us that only God should create and destroy life. In the Ten Commandments, one of them said, “Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 21:13). This is a very clear instruction that no one can decide who is going to life or who is going to die. But some of the Christains agree with the capital punishment. However, there are some more biblical passages that had mentioned about this punishment but it did not give a very clear standpoint of whether the capital punishment is an appropriate solution for this crime or not. In the Old Testament Law (which is the Testament Law that Jesus rejected), Exodus 21:12-14 it says: “Anyone who strikes a man and kills …show more content…
As some said that we should be forgiving, supporting and compassing the murderer but some said that the one who killed a human being should be killed as well but it did not tell which way should they be killed