tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post4827321158836054790..comments2023-08-02T02:44:07.417-07:00Comments on Some Mormon Stuff: Capital Punishment, Blood Atonement, and VigilantismAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408107024181430641noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post-75536208263136333342010-06-19T06:51:07.084-07:002010-06-19T06:51:07.084-07:00For an LDS Church statement on Blood Atonement,
...For an LDS <a href="http://www.mormontimes.com/article/15294/Mormon-church-statement-on-blood-atonement" rel="nofollow">Church statement</a> on Blood Atonement, <br /><br />"In the mid-19th century, when rhetorical, emotional oratory was common, some church members and leaders used strong language that included notions of people making restitution for their sins by giving up their own lives.<br /><br />"However, so-called "blood atonement," by which individuals would be required to shed their own blood to pay for their sins, is not a doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We believe in and teach the infinite and all-encompassing atonement of Jesus Christ, which makes forgiveness of sin and salvation possible for all people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post-63192178622191073252009-10-02T14:32:06.729-07:002009-10-02T14:32:06.729-07:00"When any person shall be convidted of any cr..."When any person shall be convidted of any crime, the punishment of which is death according to the provisions of this act, and sentenced to die, said person shall suffer death by being shot, hung, or beheaded, as the Court may direct, or the person so condemned shall have his option as to the manner of his execution." (Acts, resolutions and memorials passed at the annual sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, 1852, Section 125, pp. 143-144; <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BQgrAAAAIAAJ&dq=laws%20of%20the%20utah%20territory20shot&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1840&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1860&as_brr=1&pg=PA143#v=onepage&q=&f=false" rel="nofollow">here</a>.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post-29588674139096806192009-07-24T18:28:37.103-07:002009-07-24T18:28:37.103-07:00See the Espy File for database of executions in th...See the <a href="http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions-us-1608-2002-espy-file" rel="nofollow">Espy File</a> for database of executions in the U.S. from 1608-2002.<br /><br />And also <a href="http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions" rel="nofollow">Execution Database</a> from the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post-54853446960651645282008-03-30T20:00:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:00:00.000-07:00I found your blog while attempting to find online ...I found your blog while attempting to find online some information about an old Nibley quote, re: Nehor being slain "between the heavens and the earth."<BR/><BR/>You've done your research. Very impressive.<BR/><BR/>It is becoming more and more clear to me that the early statements of certain Church leaders, now seeming peculiar and outlandish to our ears, and endlessly lambasted by critics, resonated much more with the audiences of their day who were far more steeped in the Bible than most people are today.<BR/><BR/>Brigham's talk of putting a javelin through an adulterer, for example. <BR/><BR/>Although no one reads my blog, do you mind if I put a link to yours up there anyway?Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078849951764075139noreply@blogger.com