The Catholic understanding has been that the death penalty has been become, like, outdated because in industrialized countries. We have other ways of protecting societies from dangerous people without killing them. And in fact, it's important to remember that much of the world has done away with the death penalty.
Shane ClaiborneDavid, Moses, Saul of Tarsus, these were all people who did terrible terrible thingsโ - โthey were murderers. The Bible would be a lot shorter without grace.
Shane ClaiborneWe give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.
Shane ClaiborneWe're remembering both the good and the bad in our history together in this world. This isn't an attempt to make people feel bad every morning and to force them to go stick their fingers in a wall socket. We chose these things we included as a way to point people toward the possibility of transformation even while remembering the great pain we have experienced as humanity.
Shane Claiborne