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RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 6:59 am
As a Christian ™. I'm against the death penalty. It removes the possibility for people to improve themselves. As a person I'm against it for more practical reasons. And to the op, quite seriously, are you getting any sort of professional support or help? You're obviously in a bad place and AF is not a substitute for councilling. Too many people will tell you to go fuck yourself. That almost never happens in therapy.
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RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 7:57 am
100% opposed to the death penalty in any and all circumstances.
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RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 10:39 am
(January 27, 2014 at 6:19 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: All it takes is one to invalidate the justifications for the death penalty.
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One flaw does not invalidate the whole thing. There's a small percentage of innocents that get caught in the system, and that percentage will only shrink over time.
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RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 10:43 am
(January 27, 2014 at 7:57 am)MitchBenn Wrote: 100% opposed to the death penalty in any and all circumstances.
Why?
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Re: RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 12:10 pm
(January 27, 2014 at 7:57 am)MitchBenn Wrote: 100% opposed to the death penalty in any and all circumstances.
What if someone brutally raped and murdered your children (or other loved one) and made you watch? Also they eviscerated them and made you wear there internal organs on your body. And they cut their genitals off and forced you to eat them. After that they cut the head off and skull fucked them. Lastly they took the impregnated brain matter and fried it up for supper and made you eat some.
What about then?
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RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 12:34 pm
(January 27, 2014 at 12:10 pm)KUSA Wrote: (January 27, 2014 at 7:57 am)MitchBenn Wrote: 100% opposed to the death penalty in any and all circumstances.
What if someone brutally raped and murdered your children (or other loved one) and made you watch? Also they eviscerated them and made you wear there internal organs on your body. And they cut their genitals off and forced you to eat them. After that they cut the head off and skull fucked them. Lastly they took the impregnated brain matter and fried it up for supper and made you eat some.
What about then?
Which bit of "100% opposed in any and all circumstance" confused you?
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Re: RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 12:49 pm
(January 27, 2014 at 12:34 pm)MitchBenn Wrote: (January 27, 2014 at 12:10 pm)KUSA Wrote: What if someone brutally raped and murdered your children (or other loved one) and made you watch? Also they eviscerated them and made you wear there internal organs on your body. And they cut their genitals off and forced you to eat them. After that they cut the head off and skull fucked them. Lastly they took the impregnated brain matter and fried it up for supper and made you eat some.
What about then?
Which bit of "100% opposed in any and all circumstance" confused you?
Your stupidity I guess.
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RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 12:51 pm
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(January 26, 2014 at 10:12 pm)blue dee Wrote: answers please
Sure, individual atheists believe in the death penalty. And individual atheists don't believe in the death penalty. It's not really how you determine if someone is an atheist or not.
Now, if you're asking about atheists as a group, the only thing we believe collectively is that there is no god (and even that's up for discussion).
As for me, I'm kinda torn on it. I see how corrupt the state and our justice system is and I know perfectly well that racial minorities and generally poor people are more likely to be imprisoned; I'd be more than willing to be they're more likely to be executed, too, even when wealthy people commit worse crimes. On the other hand, there are people out there who are so horrible that they will never ever be constructive to society and that we would be better off without (Charles Manson comes immediately to mind).
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RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 12:55 pm
(January 27, 2014 at 12:49 pm)KUSA Wrote: (January 27, 2014 at 12:34 pm)MitchBenn Wrote: Which bit of "100% opposed in any and all circumstance" confused you?
Your stupidity I guess.
Smooth.
Ok, try this. Suppose all the above happened and the evidence pointed to you having done it.
Still in favour?
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RE: Do atheist belive in capital punishment
January 27, 2014 at 1:00 pm
(January 27, 2014 at 12:34 pm)MitchBenn Wrote: (January 27, 2014 at 12:10 pm)KUSA Wrote: What if someone brutally raped and murdered your children (or other loved one) and made you watch? Also they eviscerated them and made you wear there internal organs on your body. And they cut their genitals off and forced you to eat them. After that they cut the head off and skull fucked them. Lastly they took the impregnated brain matter and fried it up for supper and made you eat some.
What about then?
Which bit of "100% opposed in any and all circumstance" confused you? I'll admit to loling here.
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