THE PHILIPPINES. PROTESTANT CHURCHES BACK DEATH PENALTY
Protestant churches in the Philippines reaffirmed their support for the implementation of capital punishment. The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) issued a statement maintaining its position of 1999, espousing the value of "retribution"
Protestant churches in the Philippines reaffirmed their support for the implementation of capital punishment.
The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) issued a statement maintaining its position of 1999, espousing the value of "retribution" for crimes.
PCEC national director Evangelical Bishop Efraim Tendero said the imposition of capital punishment had biblical justification.
The PCEC believes that the Bible authorizes the practice of capital punishment for heinous crimes: "Whoever sheds the blood of human by a human shall that person’s blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind." (Genesis 9:6)
"The massacre of civilians must be punishable by death. Capital crimes, or those that led to loss of other lives, deserve capital punishment. A man who takes away the life of another forfeits his own," the PCEC stressed in a three-page statement.
The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) issued a statement maintaining its position of 1999, espousing the value of "retribution" for crimes.
PCEC national director Evangelical Bishop Efraim Tendero said the imposition of capital punishment had biblical justification.
The PCEC believes that the Bible authorizes the practice of capital punishment for heinous crimes: "Whoever sheds the blood of human by a human shall that person’s blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind." (Genesis 9:6)
"The massacre of civilians must be punishable by death. Capital crimes, or those that led to loss of other lives, deserve capital punishment. A man who takes away the life of another forfeits his own," the PCEC stressed in a three-page statement.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: The Philippine Star, 06/07/2006)