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C-dub wrote:

omegaman wrote:74novaman wrote

We can (and the Bible teaches that we should) forgive others who wrong us if you can find it in yourself to do so. But the State cannot afford to be soft on criminals and forgive lawless acts--especially violent crimes. The death penalty truly reduces violent crime, in my humble opinion. It is certainly not hypocritical to abhor violent crime and support the death penalty at the same time.

It's not just the state that the bible gives this ability to. If a family member of mine were murdered it also gives me the right to take the murderer's life. I just read it a few days ago and I've been looking all morning, but I can't find the reference. Can anyone help me out here?

I am not sure which verse you are referring to, but people need to be VERY careful in 'picking and choosing' bible verses for their meaning and personal interpretation. You need to understand the whole context of the book, and many other aspects of what was happening at the time, who the verse and quote was directed to and came from, etc. This is called Biblical Hermeneutics. Unless you totally understand all of the aspects of why the statement was made it is way to easy to take out of context and misinterpret the verse.