Cardinal George Pell.

[fredd bear]

What a very Christian attitude.

 Neither the death penalty nor castration are on the table. Perhaps in Saudi Arabia and other bastions of  justice----After all, Sharia law is based on Mosaic law.

--I am so glad Christians are no longer allowed to burn people alive or kill them in other colourful ways..

I see you live by a double standard how atheist of you, without absolute standards you can pick and choose as you have in this thread. Little lunch said shoot him in the head and you gave no response to that statement, yet let a Christian propose something you believe you can pick at and you will without regard, how atheist of you. The man has ruined lives, surely you do not believe a pedophile stops with one child do you, nor has it been demonstrated they can be cured, so what use are they to society. You may enjoy having a double standard but in reality it shows your lack of concern on many levels.

GC

Straw man fallacy. My post was aimed directly at your typical Christian hypocrisy.. It was not an expression of my position on capital punishment..

This simple fact seem not to have reached your brain:  Atheism  is not an homogeneous position. There is no rule book, although many of us do not accept moral absolutism. As is our right. Your criticism is to be expected., coming from a narrow minded and dogmatic  believer who, like most of his ilk cherrypicks the attractive and easy parts of the bible.

Every person on earth is free to choose their own morality As long as they do not harm others, their moral beliefs are no one else's business.

The moral relativism you criticise isa valid position, and  far more difficult to live by than an unreflecting position of moral absolutism. 

  Matthew 22:36-40 New International Version (NIV)
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

 I interpret that as a call to be compassionate and forgiving. Yet, there you are advocating the death penalty, with fire and judgment., when it is clearly not appropriate.  Yet you judge me and others here. The people here are easily your moral equal, so get off your high horse,.

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.