Throughout the world there is many views on capital punishment, they all differ in some way. Muslim, Christian, and Jewish faiths all have traditions and reasoning for their stance on capital punishment. For, against, or undecided the way these religions feel about capital punishment helps sculpt society’s opinion. Whether or not capital punishment will completely become abolished someday, the reality is it is still very much present and will continue to be, until someone can prove otherwise. Deciding whether you support capital punishment or not can be difficult. The most well-known execution is directly related to Christian and Jewish faith, the crucifixion. Capital punishment has been around longer than you think.
Christian people have been going back and forth between their stance in this sever topic of life and death, although they like many other religions make “additional cases on the tenets of their faith”, basically they allow a loop hole in a contradicting circumstance. Christians have adopted that capital punishment must occur in society due to actions people take that aren’t socially or morally acceptable. From 1929-1969 the law of Vatican City stated that if you attempted to assassinate the Pope you would be sentenced to the death penalty. Many Christians reject the argument of the “36 Capital Offences” and say that there are 35 capital offences in addition to murder, which are described in the Old Testament. Because they find them no longer capital offences it’s said that it’s inconsistent to preserve murder as a capital crime by it self. The Jewish faith doesn’t necessarily reject capital punishment but they strongly support not resorting to it. The Jewish faith has a book called the Talmud that created such a barrier between the death penalty that it is nearly virtually impossible to punish anyone to death. …show more content…
Although McIntosh brings up in an article, in the Old Testament it states “… Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth”(Exodus 21: 23-24). Taking that quote from the Bible you might think that the Jewish faith is for capital punishment, but that isn’t true. At one time Jewish Law was a secular as well as a religious jurisdiction it was rare for the death penalty to be inflicted upon the guilty party. One of the few times the death penalty was even proposed would be when someone refused to accept any but the most explicit Torah texts The Islamic faith accepts capital punishment, but the death penalty if possible is …show more content…
Will you submit to the evils in the world or will you try to maintain peace? We all can do things we never thought we were capable of until they happen. Is it right to “justify” someone’s crime with murder, or is it right to let bygones be bygones and send them off to jail. No one can be certain and as humans with natural sin we are tempted. Horrific crimes happen everyday and what course of action will take place is left to government officials or people who think they can play God. Whether you have a religion, believe in a higher power, or nothing at all we all have morals. Everyone must choose the way you feel about capital punishment or what side you’ll take, maybe you’re undecided. All of these religions have something in common, they’re against capital punishment to a certain extent. It all depends on the case, yes opting for forgiveness is preferred but it is a reality they have all
Christian people have been going back and forth between their stance in this sever topic of life and death, although they like many other religions make “additional cases on the tenets of their faith”, basically they allow a loop hole in a contradicting circumstance. Christians have adopted that capital punishment must occur in society due to actions people take that aren’t socially or morally acceptable. From 1929-1969 the law of Vatican City stated that if you attempted to assassinate the Pope you would be sentenced to the death penalty. Many Christians reject the argument of the “36 Capital Offences” and say that there are 35 capital offences in addition to murder, which are described in the Old Testament. Because they find them no longer capital offences it’s said that it’s inconsistent to preserve murder as a capital crime by it self. The Jewish faith doesn’t necessarily reject capital punishment but they strongly support not resorting to it. The Jewish faith has a book called the Talmud that created such a barrier between the death penalty that it is nearly virtually impossible to punish anyone to death. …show more content…
Although McIntosh brings up in an article, in the Old Testament it states “… Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth”(Exodus 21: 23-24). Taking that quote from the Bible you might think that the Jewish faith is for capital punishment, but that isn’t true. At one time Jewish Law was a secular as well as a religious jurisdiction it was rare for the death penalty to be inflicted upon the guilty party. One of the few times the death penalty was even proposed would be when someone refused to accept any but the most explicit Torah texts The Islamic faith accepts capital punishment, but the death penalty if possible is …show more content…
Will you submit to the evils in the world or will you try to maintain peace? We all can do things we never thought we were capable of until they happen. Is it right to “justify” someone’s crime with murder, or is it right to let bygones be bygones and send them off to jail. No one can be certain and as humans with natural sin we are tempted. Horrific crimes happen everyday and what course of action will take place is left to government officials or people who think they can play God. Whether you have a religion, believe in a higher power, or nothing at all we all have morals. Everyone must choose the way you feel about capital punishment or what side you’ll take, maybe you’re undecided. All of these religions have something in common, they’re against capital punishment to a certain extent. It all depends on the case, yes opting for forgiveness is preferred but it is a reality they have all