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Old 05-30-2006, 08:10 PM   #130 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jefferson
Not sure where you're "you're not supposed to judge" thing is coming from.

Here's my take on it:

Most Christians (probably most people) do NOT view the Death Penalty as even similar to abortion. One takes the life of a pre-born baby, one (at least in theory, if the person is PROVEN guilty) takes the life of a convicted felon - likely a murderer.

One is murder, the other is justice.


As pertaining to war... I don't think there is any one "view" that Christians take. Some are absolute pacificists (Anabaptists & Mennonites), while others tend to take a rather aggressive military stance. Some believe strongly in looking at Augustine's view of "Just War".

If someone is pro life, pro war, and pro death penalty that is a contridiction. It isn't the place of a Christian to judge if someone deserves death or not, so being pro death penalty or pro war is in direct opposition to pro life.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. It is either ok to kill or not. And most Christians are hypocrits because they are:

a) pro life
b) pro death penalty
c) pro killing of animals
d) pro killing in war

It is because religion is a lie at its core, it is not possible to be consistent about much of anything.
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