Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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By now it should be obvious to all that we are on different wavelengths, although we both profess to be Christians.

From your statements it appears that you believe the rights and authorities of the State transcend those of the collective individuals which comprise that State. This is the heart of Communist idealogy, and anethema to the precepts found in the Bill of Rights. You assert that the silence of the New Testament on the issue of capital punishment is consent - that Jesus did not specifically condemn the Romans for public crucifixions, so they're OK. I simply assert that there is no approval for capital punishment in the NT, and for a "Christian" to use the Bible as justification for civil laws invoking capital punishment is absurd. Here I call a Christian one who follows the law of the NT in preference to the Old. If you prefer to rely on the Old Testament to back your case, I won't disagree, but I would hardly call you a follower of Christ.