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1 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | EdB | 16617 | ||
Let me post this again I have no idea how the first got so messed up. Sorry about that. To answer your question Brian. I think they can be Christians that have mistakenly accepted a humanist position. That position then puts them in conflict with the word of God. God clearly said that if "thou shall not kill" and if you do murder someone, you have then forfeited your life and are to be executed. If you justify the sanctity of life by saying you shall not kill you have to accept the punishment. If you justify the sanctity of life by some other value system you have just applied a humanist value, and have entered into humanist reasoning. When you enter into humanist reasoning you open the door which allow justifying various types of murder we see so common today. Murder where there was “extenuating circumstances”, “justifiable murder” (yea your guilty but the person deserved to die), “abortion”, and etc. Now I’m not saying all people that are against the death penalty accepts any these, they may and hopefully do stand strong against each one. The fact remains that by ignoring God’s definitions and values as it pertains to life and the penalties for one who violate them, they have opened the door that allowed humanist reasoning to come in and the results are what I speak about above. They are then by definition a humanist. |
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2 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Brian.g | 16672 | ||
Ed I told you that you gave me food for thought, and I'd like to share with you some of my thoughts. I can see situations in which people can strive so hard to be Christ-like and to follow the teachings of Christ so diligently, that we can overstep what Jesus was teaching and begin to add our own interpretations. Subsequently, our interpretations could be inconsistent with the teachings of Jesus - or using your term, Humanistic in action, not by plan. This exemplifies the importance of proper guidance from our Church leaders and teachers as to what Jesus meant for us to do. We have to rely on our Church leaders who have spent the hundreds and thousands of hours analyzing and dissecting these topics from a theological standpoint and then to share with us, their interpretations. This is why the role of a teacher is so important to insure that the teachers are instructing according to the denominations beliefs. Again, this is how the pieces came together on this topic for me. Thanks for the good debate. Brian |
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