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Old 03-02-2008, 09:24 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sgtdmski View Post
Jesus also said

Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s

Clearly showing that even recognizes the right of the state to make and enforce its own laws.

While Jesus did save the adultress from her crime and challenged that he who was without sin to cast the first stone, he also told the women to go forth and sin no more.

Christians who support the death penalty are rendering unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. Like it or not, our Constitution is very clear, it establishes a death penalty. But that Constituion also has protections for those who might be accused, the right to a fair trial, the right to a trial by one's peers, the right to counsel, and the right not to incriminate one's self. Abortion has none of those safeguards.

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If the Constitution supported laws about gun ownership, which are clearly un-Christian, should Christians dismiss these as "rendering unto Caesar".

I think not.

Jesus was talking specifically about taxation in your quote, why do you assume his words should reinforce the American principle of separating church and state? How convenient!!!

Christians should not automatically be prepared to surrender their principles to the whims of man-made laws.
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