CatholicLady

I'm against the DP because I believe all human life is sacred and worth living. That's the bottom line. I think we should only take away a life as an absolute last resort. Like in self defense, or in the case of a just war. When someone is already locked up and they no longer pose a threat to society, I see no justifiable reason to kill them. We are not killing them in order to protect ourselves. We have the technology and the means to keep society safe from these people without having to resort to execution. So I don't see the point. Life is sacred. You don't destroy it unless you absolutely have to. ^That above is the reason why I don't support the DP. Now, there are other things about the DP that I think further makes it horrible, but are not THE reason why I am against it. - One thing is the fact that by executing someone, you are robbing them of their chance to repent and save their soul from Hell. As long as they are still alive, there is always the hope that they will turn to Christ. - Another thing is in regards to the people who already have repented. We can learn from them. They can give us insight into the minds of people who have an urge to kill. They can do good for the world. Ted vehemently warned us about the dangers of pornography in his interviews. Jeffrey became an active Christian and served as a model for other inmates to turn to Christ. - Lastly, of course, is the issue of wrongly convicted innocent people getting executed. Even one innocent person having been convicted is one too many. But even if someone never were to repent, had absolutely nothing positive to contribute to the world, and was 100% guilty, I would still be against the DP for the sole reason that human life is sacred and we don't destroy it unless we absolutely need to.

I'm not saying the law in general doesn't apply to them anymore. I'm just referring to the DP in particular. Though I'm against the DP regardless of whether or not the inmate repents. I only mentioned it because we were talking about Jeffery and Ted.

Lol ok.

Yes, that's what I was trying to say. :)

As long as they are alive, there is always a chance that they may be redeemed and found innocent during their lifetime. It has happened to numerous people on death row, especially once DNA forensics started to evolve. That's how I look at it, anyway.

Yes. Actually those 2 guys are great examples of why the DP sucks. Jeffrey became a Christian while in prison and became very involved with the Christian organizations within the prison. And of course, he repented. Ted went on to become a big anti pornography advocate.

Great point, Vort. I think it's one of those things... a double edged sword. But I do believe he had nothing but the best of intentions when he wrote it.

Interesting post from Matt Walsh today, entitled " Birth Control Pills: Men Get Free Sex, Women Could Get Cancer http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/birth-control-pills-men-get-free-sex-women-get-cancer/

I'm actually kind of torn on that one. Vort makes good points, but so does Parakeet. I did think it was too soon though.

You and I both!

Thank you for the answers, everyone!

What is the LDS church's position on it?

It is not likely to be a liberal and pro life at the same time... sounds like your friends/family got it wrong! :)

Who is Joe Walsh? Lol. And yeah, I don't always agree with him. I usually do though... maybe 90% of the time. I also didn't really know what to think about the Robin Williams' post. But he's had many other posts that I thought had been very good.

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