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The International Federation of ACATs, FIACAT, is an international, non-governmental, Christian human rights organisation, created in 1987, which fights for the abolition of torture and the death penalty. The Federation brings together some thirty national associations.
Action by Christians Against Torture (ACAT) is an international Christian organization dedicated to combating torture and advocating for human rights. Founded in 1974, ACAT operates as a network of national organizations united under the umbrella of the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT).
Dulles argues that the Church teaches that punishments, including the death penalty, may be levied for four reasons: [22] Rehabilitation – The sentence of death can and sometimes does move the condemned person to repentance and conversion. The death penalty may be a way of achieving the criminal's reconciliation with God.
Christian protester at the Utah State Capitol, holding a sign citing Matthew 25:40 as evidence against the morality of the death penalty. Christian tradition from the New Testament have come to a range of conclusions about the permissibility and social value of capital punishment. [14]
The Sixth Commandment, as translated by the Book of Common Prayer (1549). The image is from the altar screen of the Temple Church near the Law Courts in London.. Thou shalt not kill (LXX, KJV; Ancient Greek: Οὐ φονεύσεις, romanized: Ou phoneúseis), You shall not murder (NIV, Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִּרְצָח, romanized: Lo tirṣaḥ) or Do not murder (), is a moral ...
A Cleveland man who was sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit is making good on his vow to end the death penalty in the United States. CLE man speaks out against death penalty, Ohio ...
[32] According to the Talmud, this verse is a death penalty. [33] In Genesis 38:24-26, when Judah is told that Tamar (his former daughter-in-law) had become a harlot and was pregnant, he sentences her to death by burning. However, she proves that he (Judah) is the father, and (apparently) the ruling is reversed. [3] [4]
The idea of religion can often seem serious like fire and brimstone, but it isn’t always a straight-face matter. Religion, and Christianity specifically, is full of joyful moments of laughter ...