What attitudes might Christians hold aboutcapital punishment?

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Graham Warner                                R.E. Coursework

What attitudes might Christians hold about

capital punishment?

Capital punishment is when a criminal is executed by the state for his/her

crimes. Capital punishment is usually a punishment reserved for the most

heinous of crimes that exist. Crimes such as a murder and drug trafficking are common for Capital punishment.

Countries still in use of death penalty are certain states of the U.S., Thailand, Singapore and Kenya. In these countries there is a wide variety

to what kind of method is used for capital punishment. The firing squad (73 countries), Hanging(5), (58) stoning (6), lethal injection (5), beheading (3) and electrocutions (1 country).

In Britain, capital punishment was abolished in 1969.

This piece of coursework is based upon the thoughts of believing Christians, so it is important to know what a believing Christian is.

Believing Christians are those who believe in God and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They also believe in the Holy trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and try to live their lives in accordance to his words and what is written in the Holy Bible.

For Christians to know what exactly God wants them to do they often turn to the words of their Church leader, whether it be a Priest, Minister or Pastor, or what is written in the Holy Bible.

Even though Christians follow the same morals of loving their neighbour as much as themselves and loving God with their heart, mind, soul and strength, their lifestyles are often very different.

Such differences are enhanced by the number of different denominations of the Christian Church, who all their own take on the Christian faith and how God should be worshipped. This makes the Christian religion much diversity as their interpretations are different.

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This difference between denominations in the Church, and the diversity between lifestyles of it’s followers, undoubtedly give people different opinions on certain subjects. One such of these subjects is capital punishment.

Regardless of religion, there is much debate on whether capital punishment is right or wrong, but what should a Christian’s stance be on the subject?

A Christian who does not believe in capital punishment, may have a lot of reasons to back up their argument. One of these reasons is that they believe human life is precious. This life was given to us by God, this makes each ...

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