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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
5. The death penalty is barbaric, vengeful and has no place in a civilised society...
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 09:00 AM
Jan 2020

...the religious rights vocal support for the death penalty is at direct contradiction with the core of the Christian faith

Mark 16:15
15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.''

Matthew 28:19-20
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ''

Matthew 10: 7-8
7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.''

Firstly one of that suggests hang em high, secondly not sure how you do any of that if they are dead.

And as Christ said

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you” (Matthew 7:1–2).

SO even if you think the death penalty is not ridiculous in the 21st Century, Christians should not be anywhere near it. Real Christians that is.

Our government using the death penalty is not murder, and it is biblical. braddy Jan 2020 #1
It is state sanctioned murder Soph0571 Jan 2020 #2
The death penalty is a lawful government function, Christians are not performing it individually. braddy Jan 2020 #3
The death penalty is barbaric, vengeful and has no place in a civilised society... Soph0571 Jan 2020 #5
Your argument is with government, not with an individual Christian who isn't executing anyone. braddy Jan 2020 #6
auschwitz was a 'lawful government function'. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #8
It was murder according to the bible, not legal capitol punishment. braddy Jan 2020 #10
the bible has several examples of god sanctioning the wholesale slaughter of other tribes. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #11
Here is an article that clears some of this up. braddy Jan 2020 #12
See Numbers 31 Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #15
Ask a Rabbi about Jews and God before the Christ. braddy Jan 2020 #17
lulzd. Of course, that was some other gods. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #18
Wow. braddy Jan 2020 #19
You wrote: "It was murder according to the bible, not legal capitol punishment." Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #20
I am not a Rabbi Cartoonist Jan 2020 #23
and I guessed it was the one about selling your possessions and giving the rurallib Jan 2020 #4
I agree with your opinion of the death penalty edhopper Jan 2020 #7
a 'real' christian is anyone who describes themselves as a christian. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #9
A real Christian is one who believes and believes in Christ. God decides who is Christian, it isn't braddy Jan 2020 #13
So you have like a direct connection or something? Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #14
Maybe god will decide you aren't a Christian, and Mike Pence is? trotsky Jan 2020 #21
Only God knows for sure who will go to heaven as true believers in Christ. braddy Jan 2020 #22
ah so you agree then that there is no way for mere mortals to separate Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #24
Brothers and sisters in Christ can largely tell their own, and supporting the death penalty is braddy Jan 2020 #25
Wow, judge much? trotsky Jan 2020 #28
There was no judgement in my post, but yours does seem to be pure judgement of something braddy Jan 2020 #29
I have a problem when believers claim to know what their god thinks. trotsky Jan 2020 #35
I can't make any sense from your claims, it was a simple post. braddy Jan 2020 #36
You said people who support the death penalty can't be Christians. trotsky Jan 2020 #37
All Christians are hooked up with Other-Christian Detectors... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #39
And that's NOT judging, so stop saying that! trotsky Jan 2020 #40
A real Christian Cartoonist Jan 2020 #16
There's one other order all Christians are given. "Be kind to others as you would like them to be napi21 Jan 2020 #26
Proselytize, witness, convert - by example. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #27
In what writings did Billy and Franklin Graham say that Catholics are not Christians? braddy Jan 2020 #30
According to them, Catholics are not Christians either. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #31
So where have the Grahams said that the Catholic denomination is not Christian? (they haven't) braddy Jan 2020 #32
Sorry. All I have are their own words. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #33
I'm asking for those words, where do they say the Catholic denomination is not Christian? Show braddy Jan 2020 #34
This calls for a... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #38
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