RE: Atheist and the Death penalty
September 2, 2015 at 10:55 am
(This post was last modified: September 2, 2015 at 10:59 am by Alex K.)
Statistically, the majority will probably be in the against camp because there is a correlation between religiosity, political conservatism and old testament revenge fantasies, but certainly not close to all of them will be against it. Believing in an afterlife and divine justice after death might let a death penalty seem less severe, while atheists might have to think a bit harder about what the consequences are without the afterlife as a failsafe. But atheism itself has nothing to do with the death penalty, why would it.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition