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In reply to the discussion: So question: how can Christians support the death penalty since the Prince of Peace [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)120. Well my point was...
Humans (taking humans as science) would still deny and reject... It's human science... people are more apt to protect their way of thinking (conservatives come into mind) than to take things as fact even when presented... humans do all they can to protect their way of thinking.
It is up to the group/Supreme Being making the extraordinary claims to provide the extraordinary proof. I don't think that will happen because I don't believe the god these people describes exists. I am questioning the logic of having a supreme deity who expects unquestioning obedience to "His" commandments, yet fails to make his instructions clear, explain them in person, and in a manner which squelches disputes as to His right to make such demands by virtue of being our "creator" (not that such status would warrant obedience in any case, given the irrational and immoral demands being made).
Any logical and rational being would understand this as a reasonable expectation. If the being views it as unreasonable, then it is safe to say that such a being is not of sound mind. The evidence of mental illness is especially prevalent in the Old Testament actions of "God".
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So question: how can Christians support the death penalty since the Prince of Peace [View all]
closeupready
Jan 2015
OP
You cannot call yourself a christian and expect to be taken seriously if you are pro death penalty.
onecaliberal
Jan 2015
#2
Oh really? Here's the first OP I read the morning after the last election on DU:
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#93
he also said render unto cesar that which is cesars and if you commit a crime you become cesars
belzabubba333
Jan 2015
#5
I don't know about the Cesar arguement but the he accepted the death penalty is the arguement
jwirr
Jan 2015
#8
he wasnt under arrest and he wasnt being held down therefore he was capable of leaving
belzabubba333
Jan 2015
#15
he spoke in parables and yes he used taxes as an example but it could be seen as a metaphor
belzabubba333
Jan 2015
#28
Would be if the effects weren't seen in my life, opposite of a spiritualist and do understand
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#53
Everyone answers to something higher, even their own bodies... "primitive thinking" is ascribed to
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#115
was there any question of jeffery dahmer's guilt, ted bundy's , ted kazinsky's
belzabubba333
Jan 2015
#72
Does not only apply to money, basically saying keep church out of state and vice versa ...
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#45
Render on to Caesar is a metaphor that can be applied across context of government...
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#50
Most of them are being told what to think and not reading the book for themselves...
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#114
I've read it with and without the understanding of dispensations and the illumination of the
uponit7771
Jan 2015
#118
Textual criticism, and dynamic and formal translations are one of the major reasons I rarely discuss
LanternWaste
Jan 2015
#54
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that public authority has the right & duty to.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2015
#30
Super. Nah, I will leave it and your rebuttal to my statement there for the world to see.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2015
#43
Your statement still stands: and your interpretation of the doctrine is still incorrect.
pnwmom
Jan 2015
#105
Agreed. I was quoting text from Catechism of the Catholic Church. I am 100% against DP. Always.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2015
#59
There is no single hard definition of Christain. The Klu Klux Klann is Christain organization.
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2015
#90
Yes, pointing the finger and mocking is not a valid method of critique of a anything.
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2015
#92
Trying to explain how religious people of any religion can maintain the vast hypocrisy required to
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#96
Yes, that, OR, like going from cave etchings to Van Gogh, elevating to an art form
closeupready
Jan 2015
#99
establishing a dogma will automatically generate heretics and hypocrisy and sophistry
librechik
Jan 2015
#113