Quotes for Crime and Punishment

Question 1

Matthew 5:27-28

Answer 1

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’[a] 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Christian teaching - thoughts also count as evil even without action

Question 2

The thought behind an action is very important in Buddhism

Answer 2

Kamma

Question 3

1 Corinthians 6:10

Answer 3

nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Christian teaching against stealing

Question 4

Second moral precept

Answer 4

to abstain from taking what is not freely given

Buddhist teachings against stealing

Question 5

fifth moral precept

Answer 5

Refrain from intoxicants that cloud the mind, i.e. drugs or alcohol.

Buddhist teachings against addiction

Question 6

10 commandments/Exodus 20:13

Answer 6

Forbid envy
forbid murder

Christian teaching against greed, murder and capital punishment

Question 7

3 poisons

Answer 7

Buddhist teaching against greed and hate

Greed, hate, ignorance

Question 8

Matthew 22:39

Answer 8

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.

Christian teaching against hate

Question 9

First moral precept

Answer 9

To refrain from taking life, i.e. killing any living creature

Buddhist views against murder

Question 10

Exodus 21:23-24

Answer 10

But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Christian view supporting retribution

Question 11

Romans 12:21

Answer 11

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Christian view against retribution

Question 12

Tenzin Gyatso (the Dalai Lama)

Buddhist view against retribution

Answer 12

“We should not seek revenge on those who have committed crimes against us, or reply to their crimes with other crimes.”

Buddhist view against retribution

Question 13

Romans 5:3-4

Answer 13

“We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”

Christian view about suffering

Question 14

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

Answer 14

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Christian view supporting capital punishment

Question 15

Proverbs 13:24

Answer 15

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Christian view supporting corporal punishment

Question 16

Luke 23:34

Answer 16

34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[a] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

Christian views for forgiveness

Question 17

Matthew 18:21-22

Answer 17

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[a]

Christian views for forgiveness

Question 18

Kamma

Buddhist views for forgiveness

Answer 18

Karma will punish people so they can forgive them

Buddhist views for forgiveness