Post by thinkinkmesa on Jul 11, 2013 10:22:58 GMT -5
Christians and capital punishment
To this day, the majority of Americans favor capital punishment for certain crimes, in spite of -- or perhaps because of -- the almost overwhelming negative judgment about it on the parts of intellectuals and writers.
I believe Christian churches of all kinds ought to do more to oppose capital punishment. It ought to be a matter of status confessionis, as apartheid was declared by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, helping to lead to its downfall in South Africa.
The death penalty embraces the myth of redemptive violence by humans and flies in the face of the ethic of Jesus, which forbids violent retribution. It is absolutely, incontrovertibly contrary to love. And -- as practiced in the United States today – it is manifestly unjust.
More;
www.abpnews.com/opinion/commentaries/item/8659-christians-and-capital-punishment#.Ud7MvdLVCSo
To this day, the majority of Americans favor capital punishment for certain crimes, in spite of -- or perhaps because of -- the almost overwhelming negative judgment about it on the parts of intellectuals and writers.
I believe Christian churches of all kinds ought to do more to oppose capital punishment. It ought to be a matter of status confessionis, as apartheid was declared by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, helping to lead to its downfall in South Africa.
The death penalty embraces the myth of redemptive violence by humans and flies in the face of the ethic of Jesus, which forbids violent retribution. It is absolutely, incontrovertibly contrary to love. And -- as practiced in the United States today – it is manifestly unjust.
More;
www.abpnews.com/opinion/commentaries/item/8659-christians-and-capital-punishment#.Ud7MvdLVCSo