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How do you figure?
“love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44)
There's plenty of others like turning the other cheek etc. etc.
How do you figure?
Romans 13:4 For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.“love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44)
There's plenty of others like turning the other cheek etc. etc.
I don't care if they don't understand the consequences.... they committed a heinous crime and are dangerous to society. Murderers need to be put down regardless of age. That simple enough?
I'm not fit to judge anyone to death, and neither is anybody else.
Yeah, I agree with this. This piece of shit obviously deserves to die, but I don't believe it is up to me, or the state to take that life.
I would much rather banishment from society.
Ship them off to an island with other murderers and let them fend for themselves
No, it doesn't describe all world governments. America is not a government of God, it's a government of The People. It is explicitly secular, which is ironically the only way to secure freedom of and from religion to such a successful degree that our disagreements are mostly minor. American Christians are to render unto man's government what is man's government's, and give to God what is God's. God's is judgment and vengeance. This is foundational to Christian belief.
Why not?And set up cameras there to livestream it, a pay per view kind of thing. Think of the profit!
Most of the Bible can be seen that way as Christians are called to humble themselves. Something I'm admittedly VERY bad at in argument
It doesn't matter that the founders professed to believe in the god of Abraham. It's not in there. Freedom of (and from) religion is. Creator is without respect to any religion. Nature's God is ambiguous at best, a caveat to the Laws of Nature. It was a very progressive and tolerant document for its time, to absolutely understate it. It has since been interpreted to be secular as well. And you earned a Go Fuck Yourself for your bad faith stuff. Almost an Eat Shit, Motherfucker. You're going to stop pulling that nonsense on me. You're also going to apologize to me.Really now.
It does not take long in reading the Declaration of Independence to get to "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God," perhaps it was the world's worst typo.
Then again, it comes up in the very next paragraph as "Creator."
Expressively Diest perhaps, or perhaps reverent to all believers, as Amendment number 1 in the Bill of Rights is rumored to say of religion not to establish a state religion or... - or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Why are you arguing in bad faith? No pun intended.
You know specifically the "Founders" were referencing and deferential to the "God of Abraham." and knew that most of their citizens were overwhelmingly Christian, citizens they by in large cared for and wanted to protect, despite their own many flaws of the day.
It doesn't matter that the founders professed to believe in the god of Abraham. It's not in there. Freedom of (and from) religion is. Creator is without respect to any religion. Nature's God is ambiguous at best, a caveat to the Laws of Nature. It was a very progressive and tolerant document for its time, to absolutely understate it. It has since been interpreted to be secular as well. And you earned a Go Fuck Yourself for your bad faith stuff. Almost an Eat Shit, Motherfucker. You're going to stop pulling that nonsense on me. You're also going to apologize to me.
I don't think the verse is referring to a theocratic government though, just government in general.The authority to rule in America is granted to the State by the PEOPLE. It's the very beginning of the Constitution for fuck's sake. The rights of the individual are said to be granted by God. You are simply dead wrong here. You owe yourself a Civics class. As soon as possible.
The protection to society comes in the form of incarceration. Murdering them is excessive. Again, we don't "put people down." People are not dogs. People have inalienable rights.
Basically, those in authority are God's instruments for bringing punishment against wrong doers whether they know it or not since they can only exist and possess power according to His will. In the context of this argument a Christian would be against a personal act of vengeance against the shooter but not the state applying capital punishment in the interest of law and order.Romans 13:4 For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
The problem has never been "not getting laid". Look at the demographic of school/mass shooters and you'll find one thing in common and it's not not getting laid.So this fat sack of shit was getting laid and still wanted to kill people? Guess it's back to the drawing board for me, that kills my whole argument.
It's The Whites!The problem has never been "not getting laid". Look at the demographic of school/mass shooters and you'll find one thing in common and it's not not getting laid.
No. That's not the one defining characteristic.It's The Whites!
Executing minors is a barbaric practice and you should be glad it's off the table.
If he is not eligible for parole for 40 years, how about waiting for, say, 35 years before having this discussion? It It should depend on the long-term impact for the surviving victims and the conduct of the perpetrator in those 35 years.
“love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44)
There's plenty of others like turning the other cheek etc. etc.
- Romans 13:1-4Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
The problem has never been "not getting laid". Look at the demographic of school/mass shooters and you'll find one thing in common and it's not not getting laid.