flintface wrote:Josie wrote:
It might be that He knew we would be obliged to buy "Bibles" in these days. And doesn't the passage in Proverbs support my position? As for excusing violence by individuals against other individuals, I would reconsider the spirit behind my enthusiasm for "righteous bloodshed" if I were you. "Vengeance is mine" loses all its meaning otherwise.
I understand about "vengence is mine" , but he's the one who wrote the rules to begin with. What do you do with the scriptures below ? These aren't even all of them.
Deu 17:5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Deu 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. Remember a "witness" today could be DNA or other forensics.
Deu 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
Deu 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Exo 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Exo 21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Exo 21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Exo 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Gen 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of el-o-heem made he man.
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
I believe in capital punishment, it should be swift justice, not years and years of appeals. Preventing the offender from doing it again is the most important part of "justice". Also, we shouldn't have to pay to house them for all those years. Then there's the fact that many prisoners live better than law abiding people. Nuff said. Josie