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NASB | Exodus 20:13 ¶ "You shall not murder. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 20:13 ¶ "You shall not commit murder (unjustified, deliberate homicide). [Gen 9:6; Ex 21:12, 14, 18] |
Subject: 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? |
Bible Note: You write: "However, my point is that just because they sinned does not give us, as Christians, license to go against the will of God. I believe the death penalty to be wrong, and two wrongs don't make a right." I write: It is absurd to say that we as Christians do not have a license to go against the will of God, implying that capital punishment is not the will of God. You will find the will of God plainly revealed in His Word, the Bible. In plain, unambiguous language God taught both IN the Law and BEFORE the Law that "whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." (What part of this do you not undestand?) Ceremonial law (sacrifices, purifications, etc.) may change from OT to NT. But, since it *was not* morally wrong to execute murderers, as commanded by God Himself, then it still is not wrong. Hel-lo? God's moral law never has changed and never will. The fact that you believe the death penalty to be wrong does not make it wrong. I base my beliefs not upon what Sir Pent says, but upon what the Bible says in plain, unambiguous language. It may be that it is time to put an end to this thread. No one can change your mind, and you cannot change what the Bible SAYS and MEANS. So what is the point of continuing this thread? |