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2. Acts 25:10-11 teaches that:
a. some crimes are worthy of death, v. 11
b. the government has the right to issue the punishment, v. 10
c. the guilty have no right to protest the death penalty, 11
3. John 19:11, Jesus Christ illustrates that:
a. He did not oppose capital punishment in His case
b. He did not oppose capital punishment in His teaching
c. He never said that the government has no right to exercise capital punishment
In man's opinion.
It's taken in context.
| A typical response of someone who tries to justify questionable morals by quoting the bible. Phrases like "It's mans opinion" tells me that you've run out of steam. Now, what's required is for you to actually think and not quote scripture, or have it quoted to you, if you don't take that leap of faith and trust yourself then anything you say will be extremely boring.I'm not trying to insult you, but just letting you know that i was yawning quite alot when i was reading your posts on this thread.
I believe in God, and I was told that murder is wrong. What government in this world can truely earn the status of doing the pure good of the bible? None. Therefore what bodies in this earthly world has the divine authority to take anothers life?
Answer these questions and try and find your justifications in the Good Book. You can interpret gods word anyway you please, but do not insult God's word by twisting it to justify your barbaric views. Your reaction is completely emotional driven by the revulsion of the crime itself. Lift your head up and look beyond, God taught you to love and forgive. He did not give you a divine right to take another's life, or to vote for someone who upholds this blasphemous act (ie state executions). Who but God can decide that?
Besides that, what are the benefits of capitol punishment? My country banned it when the brits left in..in...a time before man had known, and to me its a barbaric throwback to when we grunted hairly and behaved badily. Looking at the States I see a really advanced forward looking country behaving backward. Executions serves no purpose, it certainly doesn't address high murder rates, nor does it serve any real social purpose. I think it negates life itself, and if we accept that then we're worse than wolves...we're animals.
BTW this is my first post, so hello America!! Be warned i'm a bit mad. i'm irish. But yanks are cool.
Enough of me bloody cousins are yanks! So apologies if my posts offend thee. But I will behave and tell it like a vulcan does but I shall defend myself with insults and other negative forms of communication. It is my divine right. |