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1 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Morant61 | 16079 | ||
Greetings Charis! I would concur with your points! As I made mention in an earlier post, the following arguement can be made about the death penalty: 1) It was expressly commanded in the Old Testament. Since God is Holy, this proves that the death penalty is not in and of itself immoral. 2) The New Testement never forbids the death penalty. Thus, any argument based on the New Testament is an arguement from silence or assumption. 3) Therefore, the death penalty can be neither immoral nor forbidden. Rextar made a good observation about Rom. 13:1-5. This passage says, "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4 For he is God’s servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God’s servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience." From this passage, it seems very clear that captial punishment is a God ordained part of human government. Having said all of this, I do believe that we must ensure that the death penalty is administered fairly and justly. There should be a standard that is fairly applied across economic and racial lines. This doesn't mean that there should be a quota on deaths, but simply that one class of peron should not be more likely to die than another for the very same crime. Is the death penalty a deterrent? Of course it is, that person will never committ another crime. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | retxar | 16095 | ||
Thanks Tim for answering the question I had on Romans 13. I have high regard for your knowledge of the Word, and your answer confirmed what I saw also. I stated before that I was not sure of my position on the death penalty. The reservations I have is not biblical support, but rather how scriptural support would apply if those making the life and death decisions do not uphold the Word. The other reservation I have is do I have the right to support the death penalty and ask someone else to “flip the switch” on the condemned when I don’t think I could do it myself? God bless, retxar |
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3 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | charis | 16114 | ||
Dear retxar, My brother, unless you are part of the minority in the US (or Japan) that are both 'conscientious objectors' and actively voting against representatives that support the death penalty, then you DO 'flip the switch' by proxy. If you are a member of that (very vocal) minority, then your hands are morally clean. Peace unto you. As far as one's Christianity is concerned, I suppose that the Lord would allow both ideologies, as long as they were decided with thought and prayer, i.e. from a heart set toward God. If, however, a decision is based on emotions and-or strained exegesis, then we are accountable for it as foolishness. This is so on both sides of the issue. We are called to shoulder the responsibility of our beliefs. :-) A humble observation... In Christ Jesus, charis |
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