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And what to make of those, the family of the victim, who want to watch a man being electrocuted? And what do we do with the people involved who executed an innocent man, which happens a lot.
Those involved in such situations are driven by emotion. They can be excused "for they know not what they do". Rationalism is a different matter. It is the cold and heartlessness of pure reason.
The 6th commandment did not say you will not kill. It said that you will not murder. The Mosaic law included the death penalty for certain crimes. Even Jesus stated it was a commandment of God that 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death.'' - Mark 7:10. A rather severe, and silly, reason to put someone to death, but that was the Mosaic law for you.
I have no problem with the death penalty quite apart from the Bible and would in fact volunteer to perform the execution for certain criminals. Now what kind of beast am I? Hmmm . . .oh, I know . . .I'm a great ape. But then, so are you right along with the Chimpanzees, Gorilla's, Orangutans, and Bonobos, (and humans). Of course that's not what you meant but I thought I'd throw I'd it in anyway.
You are argue well. I feel like Jesus in the desert tempted by the devil.
You are argue well. I feel like Jesus in the desert tempted by the devil.
And yet you will still deny that the 6th commandment is a reference to not murdering, not to not 'killing' even though the ten commandments were part of the Mosaic law which contained the death penalty for certain offensives.
And yet you will still deny that the 6th commandment is a reference to not murdering, not to not 'killing' even though the ten commandments were part of the Mosaic law which contained the death penalty for certain offensives.
You may not have followed my conversations with others relating to my spiritual convictions. I am in the "mind of Christ" and not into Christian fundamentalism.
You may not have followed my conversations with others relating to my spiritual convictions. I am in the "mind of Christ" and not into Christian fundamentalism.
Mind of Christ? Jesus - ''He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death.'' - Mark 7:10. According to Jesus that was the command of God.
I have consistently objected to the death sentence when questioned by defense lawyers and prosecution attorneys in the presence of judges presiding on murder trials. The only discomfort I felt was the presence of the accused who looked guilty as hell to me in every case. Even that did not budge me into breaking the 6th Commandment: Thou shall not kill. It disqualified me from jury duty every time.
Only beasts could bring themselves to vote for the execution of the accused. Rational thinking robs us of our humanity. Of this I have no doubt. My only unresolved inner conflict is eating meat because it involved killing sentient animals. I have gone vegetarian before, and even felt it was a healthy dietary practice. Why I don't go back to it is not a mystery. It's my western culinary culture.
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And what to make of those, the family of the victim, who want to watch a man being electrocuted? And what do we do with the people involved who executed an innocent man, which happens a lot.
I will give India, essentially a Hindu nation, credit for having one of the lowest (if not the lowest) rates of capital punishment in the world. Good for Hinduism!
You may not have followed my conversations with others relating to my spiritual convictions. I am in the "mind of Christ" and not into Christian fundamentalism.
Do you think that christian fundamentalists also feel they are in "the mind of christ"?
Mind of Christ? Jesus - ''He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death.'' - Mark 7:10. According to Jesus that was the command of God.
By the way, I am not a fundamentalist.
You are still quoting the Bible, Michael.
The "mind of Christ". What is that?
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