Entries by Lani Lamoureux

Religious belief has always been at the cen­ter of debate about the death penal­ty – cit­ed both in sup­port and in oppo­si­tion. The often-cit­ed​“eye for an eye” Biblical phrase has led many to assume that reli­gious belief requires sup­port for the death penal­ty. But a clos­er look tells a dif­fer­ent sto­ry. Fact: The Majority of Judeo-Christian Religious Organizations Oppose the Death Penalty While it is true that peo­ple who iden­ti­fy as Atheists and Agnostics tend to be less in…

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