probably not a slam-dunk:joshuabgood wrote:If you believe in Penal Substitutionary Atonement as being necessary for justice (some one had to die)...then it would make sense why killing the murderer would restore justice.
This is probably why the Protestants are so gung ho for the death penalty.
Pew Research
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20 ... h-penalty/
this research includes/mentions Protestants, Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims, atheists, etc.
no mention of Anabaptists, sometimes categorized as Protestants.
some of the "comments" are interesting, too.