@iwannano Said I have a couple of questions .
The death penalty as we know it today in America . Is it based on 'An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth' from the bible and if that is the original justification for what we know as the legal ,time honored Death Penalty of today ?
Does the 'separation of church and state' apply here ?
This link tells the history of the Death Penalty starting in the 1600's more than one hundred years before we became the country known as the USA of today up to to 2004
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History of the Death Penalty -- The Ancient Laws of China established the death penalty. In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon ,,,
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Maybe this isn't a good answer to your questions...but I just wanted to throw in my 2cents.....i'am a Christian....and still don't know everything that's written in the Bible....I try my best to understand the teachings of God's word....and my undying faith is Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior....the only Son of God...i'am unclear as to what the Bible says about the death penalty....however, i'am 100% against it....I don't believe we have any right whatsoever to take another human life...FOR ANY REASON!!! Now, and I know this is a contridiction....but if I were in a postion where someone was trying to take my life or in self defence..or I came across someone attempting to kill another person...then I most likely would do what ever it took to stop it...even if it meant killing them....that is the ONLY way I believe in taking a life!!!