(CNN) - The death penalty has been part of human
society for millennia, understood to be the ultimate punishment for the
most serious crimes.
But, should Christians support the death penalty now, especially in light of the controversial execution Tuesday in Oklahoma?
This is not an easy yes or no question.
On the one hand, the Bible clearly calls for capital punishment in the case of intentional murder.
In Genesis 9:6, God told Noah that the penalty for intentional murder
should be death: “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his
blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.”
The death penalty was explicitly grounded in the fact that God made
every individual human being in his own image, and thus an act of
intentional murder is an assault upon human dignity and the very image
of God. Continue at CNN Religion Blog
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