I gather you're not a Christian? Because according to the God of Israel, apostasy and blasphemy are capital crimes, punishable by death. I believe there is something worse than killing a few apostates and that's allowing certain elements to run rampant in society and corrupt it to the point you have more death. More loss of life. How many people die in America as a result of street crime, drugs, AIDs, abortion? Perhaps killing a few apostates will spare the lives of millions of people. God's wisdom is greater than ours, andNo matter how you if he commands the death penalty, it's for a good reason, even if its for treason or apostasy.