What religions practice amputation as a form of punishment?
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Islam under Sharia law is the best known one.
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Sharia law (6th century code of barbarism) tells them to kill the infidel, the unbeliever, hence the execution of christians and jews. It's amazing in the 21st century that people still adhere to barbaric laws.
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God does not hate amputees'.  There is not need for an amputee to have his/her limb replaced.  An amputee can have a just as wonderful of a life as anyone else if he/she wishes to do so.  You don't know me and I don't know you.  It's easy to sit anonymously behind our little computer screens and accuse God of being cruel and unjust.  Maybe I'm dying of some unknown disease or cancer - maybe you are.  Maybe the love of my life left me for someone he thought was more appealing after 20 years of marriage, but life just isn't fair.  God never promised us a rose garden.  But He sent Jesus to save us for our sins.  To give us hope - a promise for tomorrow.  There are people on this forum that ask genuine questions and seek genuine answers and receive nothing but disrespect and it is a shame.  I truly hope that you asked this question genuinely.  Proverbs 26:4 tells me not to argue with someone who will not listen to reason or I will be just as foolish as he is.  You need to have faith.
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Basically it was bad! Punishment was very harsh - there were 3 ordeals to test if a person was guilty of a crime - that was the closest people got to a trial. 1. fire (hold a red hot poker - a few days later, if your hand was healing you were innocent, if it wasn't you were guilty) 2. Water (be tied up, thrown in water - if you drown your innocent, if you float you're guilty - and probably will be killed another way) 3. Combat - for lords mainly (they'd fight to the death). Thieves had their hands cut off. Prisons were expensive so criminals were mutilated and then set free as a warning. \nDisease was everywhere and medical treatment was harsh - if you had a headache it was suspected as demons and evil spirits in the head - you'd have a hole driled into your skull and a part of your brain cut out to release the demons. Other 'treatments included leeches and blood letting to release bad blood. \n\nCheck the site below for links to lots more info
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I only know of OT ones:\n\nLeviticus 19:28 - Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. \n\nDeuteronomy 14:1 - You are the children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead.
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Well not that cruxifiction is a walk in the park but YES, there are more painful deaths, ironically some of them were contrived by the very same Church trying to ensure EVERYONE believed the doctrine of Christianity as they saw it during the Inquisition. \n\nSome of their death/torture methods\n\nFlaying- Skinning a person alive and rubbing salt into the raw flesh\n\nDisembowelment- You can imagine for yourself\n\nHung, Drawn and Quatertered- Like the name says\n\nBeing tossed unto spikes- If the landing was not a well aimed one, your death would not be mercifully short. \n\nAmazing how barbaric humans can be.
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I am for the death penalty, and for expanding the number of crimes eligible for the death penalty.\n\nI am also for corporal punishment. Caning or whipping can cure a lot of criminal tendencies.\n\nIt is called punishment. There is nothing immoral about harsh punishments. But there is something wrong with failure to punish wrongdoers. Leniency towards evil-doers is surely as immoral as the crimes themselves.
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Rushdie's book banned? That's insignificant! He was sentenced to death for writing his book! But in China you can get tortured for carrying a Xtian bible. Look at the way the Islamists called for the beheading of the Danish cartoonists! What religion do you know of that is truly tolerant of (all) others?
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death sentence of prisoners.\n\ncontinued practice of illegalized abortion by some.\n\nfamily planning is disregarded by the church.\n\nand that's all i remember.
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first of all, there is no crime in Islam that is punishable by death. a person should be punished for the crime -- but the punishment should NOT be death. it is a very big misconception people have. if u read the Quran, Allah says, if someone does commit a crime then flog then -- 80 or 100 stripes and after that make the guilty give CHARITY and let the guilly FAST. in Islam, REPENTANCE IS GIVEN A LOT MORE IMPORTANCE RATHER THAN PUNISHMENT.\n\nhow did stoning -- which was Pre-Islamic Law -- come into Islam? it comes from here --The most accepted collection of Hadith Sahih al Bukhari has 4 entries under 3829, 8804, 8805 and 8824 which refer to stoning by death. The case under 4829 involved Jews who were stoned to death in accordance with the Law of the Torah. 8805 says: "A married man from the tribe of Bani Aslam who had committed illegal sexual intercourse and bore witnesses four times against himself was ordered by the Prophet (s.a.s.) to be stoned to death". \nhere u can clearly see that the people IN QUESTION WERE JEWS and it was aLAW OF TORAH TO BE STONED TO DEATH NOT OF ISLAM. when they asked prophet Muhammed-pbuh, he said FOLLOW THE LAW OF TORAH, but years later muslim men incorporated this as a rule in Islam. so who should be blamed? Islam, Allah, Qu'ran, Muhammed-pbuh or the half/no -knowledgable followers?\n\nsecond, Allah does say in the Quran that -- i have made a man and a woman and out of u built nations and tribes and languages. so being a homosexual means u move away from nature.  \n\nAllah says in the Quran -- i have given u the critereon of right and wrong and i have given u FREEWILL, now its ur choice, but one will have to answer on Day of Judgement.  but NO WHERE in Quran did Allah give any mortal the authority or power over th other. no man in Islam can judge another -- apart from the regular judiciary similar to that what our Govts hold. \n\nbut one should not forget that when an individual prefers to be a homosexual, then they are also His Creation, His people. and Allah says that -- At-Takwir | 29 verses | The Overthrowing \nSura #81 | Makkah \n28 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. \n29 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
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It was an old English method of execution for things like treason. The offender was hanged, but cut loose before he died. Then his abdominal organs and gentials were removed (drawn) and burned in front of him. Next his heart was cut out, at which point he'd finally die. Lastly, he was beheaded and his body was cut into four segments (quartered). I think the arms and legs were simply cut off as the four pieces, and mutilated torso disposed of. So that's the general idea.
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Actually, yes.  Crucifixion is still practiced in the Sudan.  Christians who are convicted of proseletyzing (trying to convert muslims to christianity) are sometimes crucified.
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Yes, they should be punished. Mutilating the body of a child/woman is a crime. And it is also very dangerous for the circumcised woman's/girl's health.
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There are certain religion that have a long history of good or bad karma. Like one Paganism/Wicca people think of occult
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I would "outlaw" things that tear society down.  Some religions makes a society more cohesive, others divide and hurt a society.  Obviously, not all religions are the same and lead to the same outcome.  I think some religions are beneficial to society, while others are harmful.\nHarmful religions I would do away with.  Not by outlawing the religion itself, but outlawing the negative things some religions cause.  \nThe penalty for breaking this would be counseling.  They would would have to see a therapist.  Perhaps blacklisted from positions of authority...  But again, I would not prohibit anyone from believing what they want, as long as it doesn't damage society in a real way.
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"Religion is an insult to human dignity. without it good people do good things and evil people do evil things. Only with religion do good people do evil things"\n\nTo do something so vile as to kill another person, because of your faith (a belief based on the absence of proof or inspite of proof to the contrary), is absolutely abhorent.  The issue here is that as long as the person thinks he's doing it 'in gods name' he can rationalize something that is evil in the name of something that is 'good'.
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Gosh where to start. genital mutilation is NOT a Muslim practice.  It may be done by some persons following traditional ways alongside those of being of the Muslim faith. It is also done by some who profess to be Christians.\nAlso talking about *Muslim* practice is nearly as bland a generalisation as talking about Christians - and no one assumes all Christians ban contraception just because the Catholics do.\nThose who immigrate to Europe come from all over the world. Mutilation is largely an African practice, especially in Ethiopia, Somalia, that region- from what I know.  \nIt needs to be stopped, not only in Europe, but also in Africa, and those who struggle with the aftermath - incontinence, huge childbirth problems etc need proper support and care. Please find out more, and if you are in a position so to do - donate money to those working in the field to make a difference.