Bu villain: I reconcile my beliefs with the death penalty as so: Jesus commanded that we submit ourselves not only to God but to the governing body as well. We are to follow Gods laws and the ones which we set to rule over us. If a man commits murder, he is punishable by death by our laws as well as Biblically. It is not up to me as an individual to seek justice. I am to pray that that man/woman may come to find forgiveness in the eyes of God and I am to find it in my heart to forgive him as well. Forgiveness in my eyes and Gods' does not though excuse that murderer from the laws by which we govern ourselves.