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My post was a response to the handwringers who oppose the death penalty. That's where I thought this discussion would go. I'm just horribly sad about the incident, it's heartbreaking, but I don't have any feelings of revenge, I would just hate it if such a crime weren't punished by death because of all the candle-vigil-save-a-murderer crowd. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

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 567Edited by Faith, : No reason given.