Originally posted by popcornbird
That may not be true. If that is a religious belief, then how just can the religion be? For someone who takes a life, his/her penalty should be a death sentence. In otherwords, an eye for an eye; nose for a nose, life for a life. For other minor things, NO, but for a big crime like murder, etc. then its needed and what a criminal deserves.
I have heard the religious part put two ways.
1. an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
2. let the higher being be the judge, not other humans