Talk:Religion and capital punishment

message: Whoever wrote the Christian section is a strange fellow indeed.  It also contains many demonstrably POV statements.  I have changed some of the wording, though not the content, apart from the nonsensical reference to the Calum, in order to give it a NPOV.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.188.234.84 (talk) 18:33, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Christian Section

message: It seems that the opening statement presents POV right out of the gates: Most major world religions take ambiguous, hypocritical, and even self contradictory positions on the morality of capital punishment.  I'm thinking it would be more neutral to state something like: Most major world religions take positions on the morality of capital punishment, some of which are ambiguous or self contradictory. Thoughts? --mtz206 (talk) 18:02, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: POV

message: The statement "A strict interpretation of the Christian gospel forbids not only capital punishment against any party, guilty or innocent, but any vengeance by human hands" presently only the anti-death penalty POV.  The supposedly supporting quote (from Romans 12:19) could easily be interpreted as applying to the church but not to the state.  I don't believe the above line is true and suggest it should be removed.  It would however be of interest to see how various conservative or evangelical groups derive their varing positions from the Bible. Greenshed (talk) 21:02, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Christianity

message: In the judaism section:
"These oral laws were first recorded around 200 BCE in the Mishnah and later around 600 BCE in the Babylonian Talmud."
This doesnt make sense since 600 BCE is before 200 BCE, I would correct it but am not sure if the error was in transposing the dates or incorrect usage of 'later'.  129.42.208.182 16:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illogical sentence. 

message: "calum"--What is a calum?  I looked in several dictionaries (including Onelook) and none of them had a definition that made sense in this context.  A spelling typo?
"Christianity is based on the teachings of Christ and so gives precedence to the New Testament of the Bible."--Actually, they both are given equal precedence.  The Old Testament is the revelation of God before Christ; the New Testament is the revelation of God after Christ.  If you would like to keep this sentence, please provide a citation for it.
Finally, I think you should mention Genesis 9:6  "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man." (Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, (C) Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 Used by permission.)  This is a major point for Christians who are supportive of the death penalty.
LinuxMercedes (talk) 19:23, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A few problems in the Christianity section 

message: In general, Buddhist groups in secular countries such as Japan, Korea, and Taiwan tend to take an anti-death penalty stance, while in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan, where Buddhism has strong political influence, the opposite is true.
It almost sounds like if it says bhutan uses dealth penalty even though they banned it. --Dark paladin x (talk) 02:08, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  statement that needs to be restated 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I think that the very first thing that needs to be modified in the article is the lead section. This should contain some general facts about the topic and then very briefly describe what the rest of the article contains. The current lead section seems opinionated and does not have any sources.
The Hinduism section can be expanded as well. The first few sentences seem to summarize the teachings of Hinduism and fails to relate these to capital punishment. This section is also not cited at all.
Clean up the Buddhism section - there are too many direct quotes and not all are cited. It also seems to be written as opinion rather than fact.
=== Bibliography ===
Garland, David (April 26, 2012). Punishment and Modern Society: A study in Social Theory (reprint ed.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 1–320. ISBN 0226922502. Retrieved March 4, 2018
Grasmick, Harold G (June 1993). "Religion, Punitive Justice, and Support for the Death Penalty". Justice Quarterly. 10 (2): 289–314. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
Schabas, William (December 2000). "Islam and the Death Penalty". William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal. 9 (1): 223–236. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
Hood, Roger (July 1, 2001). "Capital Punishment: A Global Perspective". SAGE. 3 (3): 331–354.
Horigan, Damien (1996). "Of Compassion and Capital Punishment: A Buddhist Perspective on the Death Penalty". American Journal of Jurisprudence. 41: 271–288. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
Langness, David. "Voting to Execute: Do you believe in Capital Punishment?". Bahai Teachings. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
Greenberg, David F (May 2, 2008). "Siting the Death Penalty Internationally". Journal of the American Bar Association. 33 (2): 295–343. doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.2008.00105.x.AnneD17 (talk) 18:56, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvement Ideas

message: Garland, David (April 26, 2012). Punishment and Modern Society: A study in Social Theory (reprint ed.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 1–320. ISBN 0226922502. Retrieved March 4, 2018
Grasmick, Harold G (June 1993). "Religion, Punitive Justice, and Support for the Death Penalty". Justice Quarterly. 10 (2): 289–314. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
Schabas, William (December 2000). "Islam and the Death Penalty". William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal. 9 (1): 223–236. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
Hood, Roger (July 1, 2001). "Capital Punishment: A Global Perspective". SAGE. 3 (3): 331–354.
Horigan, Damien (1996). "Of Compassion and Capital Punishment: A Buddhist Perspective on the Death Penalty". American Journal of Jurisprudence. 41: 271–288. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
Langness, David. "Voting to Execute: Do you believe in Capital Punishment?". Bahai Teachings. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
Greenberg, David F (May 2, 2008). "Siting the Death Penalty Internationally". Journal of the American Bar Association. 33 (2): 295–343. doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.2008.00105.x.AnneD17 (talk) 18:56, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  '''<small>Bibliography</small>''' 

message: All this article contains are the views of individual religions on capital punishment. There is no higher level discussion of religion and capital punishment. This can be more efficiently achieved by turning this article into a list of articles.VR talk 06:08, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: On second thought, that's not a good idea. I see that most religions don't have separate articles on capital punishment.VR talk 06:12, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Listify this article