-It is against the human rights to take away an individual's life.
-Gods law forbids human beings form killings/ committing murder. (You shall not kill)
-Capital punishment does not serve/ fulfill the purpose for which punishment is intended, i.e retribution/ warning/ reform/ discouragement from repeating the offence.
-It is an attack on the human dignity of an individual.
-Human beings are made in the image/ likeness of God, so capital punishment is destroying then image of God in human beings
-It is a criminal attack on another person in the eyes of Christians
-It is God who gives life and only God has the right to take it.
-The judge who pronounces capital punishment on the accused person may be prejudiced/ unjust/ dishonest/ might make the wrong judgment
-Human beings are imperfect/ they cannot assess the responsibility of the offender with absolute accuracy/ God alone is accurate ( e.g person might be accused wrongly/ human beings are unable to assess the inner intentions of the offender. How much evil was done).
-Gods intention of punishment is to bring repentance/ reform ( capital punishment denies an individuals this opportunity
-Those who execute punishment/ the offender/ their family/ suffer degradation
Deprive a family community of a member
-It is irreversible
OR
Why are Christians opposed to capital punishment?
- Life is sacred/ Holy, only God should claim it
- Capital punishment does not make the person reform but clears him
- Death cannot be reversed incase a judge makes a mistake in his prosecution
- It has no economic value/ benefit to a country
- The methods used are inhuman and lowers a persons dignity
- It is contrary to God’s statutes/ laws for example “Though shall not kill”
- It undermines the Biblical teaching on forgiveness
- It distabilises the family/ deprives a family of a resourceful/ loved member
- It destroys the image of God in man
johnson mwenjera answered the question on March 12, 2018 at 10:53
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