Edward Byrn Analysis

After careful analysis of the readings of the writings of Edward Byrn and H.G. Wells, I have found a common ground in terms of religion where both the authors, I believe, have the same notion. With no intention of discarding the importance of religion in how our world has progressed, I would argue that religion has been holding us back from our full potential in terms of science and technological innovation and practice of free will. It has been a settled belief that God created the world and everything that we need is included in His creation. If we did not step outside that idea and started our own creations, the human experience would be entirely different. Like what Edward Byrn said in his essay, The Progress of Invention During the Past
For example, it was stated in the bible that “Thou shalt not kill”. I do agree that killing is unacceptable when the purpose is nothing but to hurt other people. But I also believe that there are some cases where killing is the only thing that is reasonable. One of the most relevant cases of this in the present time would be the Capital Punishment or most commonly known as the death penalty. The debate for passing this law has been a longstanding one. If the accused has been proven to have committed a heinous crime like murder, rape, etc. without a reasonable doubt, I would agree, without reservation, that the death penalty should be in
Pope Francis, for example, has advocated for the banning of the death penalty regardless of how serious was the crime committed for the reason that it contradicts the plan of God. As a repercussion, a person who is responsible for deciding whether to legalize or illegalize such law and happened to be religious could be influenced by the Pope’s statement. This kind of notion, in my opinion, is utterly illogical and irrational. I do not believe that a murderer or a rapist, for example, deserves a second chance in life just because some people believe that even God would forgive such abominable sins. The main concern should be about giving the victims the justice that they deserved and not the repentance of these criminals. Therefore, the justice for such heinous crime should be the death penalty and not just life in prison without parole. I could not accept the idea that criminals are living off from taxpayer’s money more particularly the families of the victim’s. I am not rejecting the possibility that this kind of people might change, but I am most certainly not taking the risk that they would not change and continue to be a harmful threat to the public safety in the future