Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: rjb3@cbnewsk.ATT.COM (robert.j.brown) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Is There Biblical Justification For Capital Punishment? Message-ID: Date: 6 Mar 90 08:40:01 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , gross@dg-rtp.dg.com (Gene Gross) writes: > I'm willing to show compassion and mercy to anyone and everyone. After > all, it has been shown to me when I deserved it least of all. If God > can do that for me, I can't see how I can do any less. I may not agree > with my more fundamentalist brethren on the question of capital > punishment, and some crimes that I read about or hear about on TV, cause > me pause to consider my position, but the simple fact is that I cannot > do otherwise than what I do. I must love even my enemies and those that > despitefully use me. Gene, If you were the only person involved, letting someone "despitefully" (good Biblical term) use you would just be a matter of your conscience. Life is not quite that simple. What if some wild person breaks into your home at 3 am while you, your wife, and babies are asleep ? What is your responsibility to the wild man, your other family members, to the Lord? How do you best love every one involved ? What is the faith filled position to take ? There are many other painfully real scenarios I could paint. By the way, you only have a few seconds to make the decision so you better be prayed up and Spirit led. ! PLEASE: ANY EMAIL CONTACT ---> attmail!akgua!rjb BB