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When Judges Become Legislators

By ⋅ June 26, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Back when we were having the debate over Capital Punishment one of the areas that always comes up is whether it is just, and the fact that God has a bunch of rules in the Old Testament that have, as their sentence, death. At that point, I hadn’t even realized that up until yesterday six [...]

You Can’t Have Mercy Without Justice

By ⋅ March 6, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

One of the hardest things when it comes to a debate is to realize both what is your key point and where you are weak. You also need to know exactly what things you can afford to compromise on and what you cannot. In this debate I’m having with Amanda, she believes that mercy is [...]

Mercy and Justice in Capital Punishment

By ⋅ February 28, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

When you think “Capital Punishment” I bet the first thought that crosses your mind is not “mercy.” In fact, in Amanda’s opening statement she believes that sparing someone the death penalty is both merciful and just. When I first started trying to respond to this line of thought, I had the problem of pinning down [...]

Capital Punishment Debate

By ⋅ February 27, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

The debate over whether capital punishment is a moral or even an effective form of punishment is one that generations have discussed. The concept of Capital punishment goes back at least to the time of Moses, where Cities of Refuge were created to protect those that unintentionally killed someone from the Avenger of Blood, but [...]

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