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I already answered this but not enough to the point: It's by NOT implementing the death penalty that the whole society has the blood of the innocent person Slager murdered on our hands. We share in his guilt by not punishing him properly for his crime.

Has "sola scriptura" been changed to "duplicity scriptura + commentary"?

Yup.

And how does that work, Faith?Edited by Jon, : No reason given.

I would? Whatever helps you sleep at night...

Or look it up in the Bible. Jesus was clear that only those without sin - i.e. nobody - were fit to administer the death penalty. And He said so to the equivalent of the state authority.

I don't want to tar Faith with this comment because I don't believe she subscribes to this theology. But it is of note that the Conservapedia 'translation' of the Bible omits this story because they consider it to be liberal. It is also the case that there is lots of conservative Bible 'commentary' that suggests that Jesus did not actually mean those words that the Bible attributes to him.If you have the state's blood on your hands every time you fail to execute a murder, surely you have blood on your hands every time the state imprisons or executes the wrong person.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

I agree, and that's a big problem these days.

It is so bad, orders of magnitude worse for the poor, people of color and so on. As the Soup Nazi would say "No capital punishment for you 100 years!"

These days?I challenge you to pick a time in this country's history when the problem was not worse.

From PZ Myers, Pharyngula: Officer Friendly has changed a bit over the years.

They caught the kid who killed the nine people in the church in Charleston. So let's find out what possessed him and then execute him by firing squad at dawn. I'm serious. But I expect the usual misquided handwringing about executing a murderer, already expressed on this thread when I proposed it for the murderer of Walter Scott a while back. At least they found the officer guilty of murder in that case. Seemed they might not at first, even with the video evidence.==========
ABE:
As often happens I didn't put myself across very clearly in this post and some read me as angry about the murders and seeking revenge against the murderer. I added some posts later in an attempt to clarify, but I need to try to make it clear here as well, that I have no attitude of revenge whatever, all I'm feeling is deep grief and sadness over the murders. What prompted my post was the anti-death penalty thinking that wants even unambiguously guilty people spared, which I see as against justice, a weakening of society, and against God's command. I can't hate this kid either, he's obviously terribly warped and I suppose there are reasons for that we'll hear about eventually. That wouldn't change my view of the justice of the death penalty. In any case he should be given the gospel in case he might repent and be saved.=====
And to those who objected to my phrase "found guilty" in the case of Officer Slager who shot Walter Scott to death, again just a bad choice of words. At least he was CHARGED with murder which at first looked like it might not happen.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

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Romans 12:17 (NRSV):

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Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

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Just to point out 'Indited' is not 'found guilty' .. but it's gonna go to trial.

Are you saying that we are not going to even bother holding a trial? I know that Office Slager has been charged, but he was just indicted last week. Perhaps you've jumped the gun just a bit. I know you are serious. Screw the rule of law. Just lynch the mofo right?