just as you reject Jesus's teachings against capital punishment.
I know there is no way to disabuse someone of this idea once it's been firmly entrenched, but it absolutely is not true that Jesus taught against capital punishment. Jesus did not teach the State what to do at all, He taught individuals how to respond to injustices against ourselves, but the State is treated as the world's enforcer of justice insofar as it doesn't violate God's law. God prescribed death for murderers all the way back in Noah's time, as the just and right response and Jesus said nothing to alter that judgment.
ABE: Since I did such a bad job of conveying what I meant I went back and added some corrections to that
Message 567
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.