10-15-2008, 07:14 AM
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Still Figuring It Out.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: Should christians believe in the death penalty
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Originally Posted by Sept5SavedTeen
We're not a theocratic, nation-state like Israel was. GOD never called for the church to set up a political, national government. We have nothing in the NT that can draw up plans for this sort of system, punishments for crimes, a constitution or anything like that.
Israel had some of these things, and they were supposed to go by the book and stone certain criminals, but the NT doesn't have these things because GOD didn't intend for a Christian theocracy (and perhaps not for Christians to be involved in these forms of government).
-Bro. Alex
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Agreed completely.
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