... the survivors of the Ark. He destroyed two cities, Soddon and Gornorrah because of the sins of the people residing there. In the time of Moses, he took the lives of Egyptian's firsts born sons and destroyed the Egyptian army in the Red Sea. Capital punishment even precedes the Old Testament law code. In Genesis, Capital punishment is based on the belief in the sanctity of life. It says, "Whoever sheds man's blood by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of ... when he tells people to love their enemies and turn the other cheek. It has also been argued that Jesus was against capita...

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... is to be had in the afterlife. Even this concept of "afterlife" is seemingly missing from the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian people. The closest semblance to an afterlife mentioned is that of ones name and deeds remaining to be celebrated after one's death. Another conflict between Christianity and the heroic code of the Scandinavian people is that of "weir gold." This ... the poet and his audience. The ancient values of Beowulf and his time coincide more with the precepts of the Old Testament (e.g. eye for an eye), than with the teachings of Christ within the New Testament. Nevertheless, ...

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