(November 12, 2016 at 7:15 pm)Funky_Gibbon Wrote: I don't think you have to be a lunatic Christian to support the death penalty. A lot of Christians support the death penalty, I don't, personally - but then a lot of Christian thinkers did and indeed still do.
As for the example you include in your post, I think you're assuming a lot from one quote with no context.
Of course, the Catholic Church has changed its/her tune on this, as it/she has on a host of other issues.