Various Moral Issues

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Whichever Bible you have surely commands killing in the very next chapters following Exodus 20 for various crimes, so one can/should easily be able to discern the difference between the crime of murder and the just punishment of execution.
There is no need to put someone to death for any crime, jail with no release ensures
the killer or murderer can not do it again, God can judge and punish when the time comes.
Highly unlikely God will punish us for not killing someone for their crimes.
 

Lynx

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There is no need to put someone to death for any crime, jail with no release ensures
the killer or murderer can not do it again, God can judge and punish when the time comes.
Highly unlikely God will punish us for not killing someone for their crimes.
God sure did a number on Saul for not killing some people...

Samuel was really ticked off. Had to do the job himself.
 
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I know we can not justify killing by calling it murder just to subvert
the bible which states "thou shalt not kill" , I have no bible that reads thou shalt not murder,
nor have I ever heard a Pastor say it.
The King David would have been in a lot of trouble, he bragged on those he killed. Yet God said He was a man after His own heart.
 

Magenta

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jail with no release ensures the killer or murderer can not do it again
Imprisoning people does not prevent criminal behaviour from criminals.

Not even murder. In fact, some prisoners get special protection because it is a known FACT that if put
into the general population, they will be murdered by others criminals in the same prison population.


No matter how you slice and dice it, murder and killing are two different things.
 
Oct 19, 2024
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There is no need to put someone to death for any crime, jail with no release ensures
the killer or murderer can not do it again, God can judge and punish when the time comes.
Highly unlikely God will punish us for not killing someone for their crimes.
Okay, so you would not execute people for committing abortion/murder, but what penalty WOULD you administer?
 
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Life in prison, everyone safe from any future evil thoughts or deeds they think up.
I can agree with that as long as society does not have to pay for free room and board the rest of their lives. Instead, they need to be required to work 10 hour days at minimum wage with the money going to compensate victims and reimburse government expenses.