Weak analogy because slaves have done nothing to deserve their fate. Besides, Paul opposes slavery in Philemon.
What Legacy Does Trump Leave?
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Yet so many contrary, counter and alternate perspectives the points appear as an urchin ... meta phor essence ... dark gloss?
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Weak response, because it evades the issue, rather than answer the question.
In the Old Covenant - which we're no longer under. Jesus' teachings focused on love, mercy, and forgiveness. His actions and words emphasized the value of every human life and the importance of showing compassion
And Mathew opposes the death penalty in
Mathew 5:38-50.
Thus a govt has to decide what really is best for the whole country rather than a few. Those in power ( courts) should not be driven by others emotion but facts.
Which contravenes international law, for which he has no say.
GordW
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ANd show a total absence of grace or mercy....which I was led to believe are key concepts in Scripture
"Do ... unto others ..." thus done as he felt ... ignoring consequences thus something slips away !
Felt ... as a Veld in Africa ... another crack ... in the lan ... Ago shun what'll come tu?
Save grave the powers will not see it ... due to reason that has gone astray ... Lu' eZ where did you go ...
Felt ... as a Veld in Africa ... another crack ... in the lan ... Ago shun what'll come tu?
Save grave the powers will not see it ... due to reason that has gone astray ... Lu' eZ where did you go ...
WhyCzar
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Probably the same thing he does now which is respect him, love him and focus on his merits.
Nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, openly GAY, says “President Trump chose me because he believes that I'm the best candidate. Not because of my sexual preference”
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Wyrdly enough, thank you, Freakonomics, a huge predictor in the rate of homicide is the status of abortion laws 15-20 years previous. Apparently, unwanted boys, in particular, become very angry in the target testosterone ranges (15-35 roughly).
But agreed, that death penalties don't correlate with decreased homicide rates. What does, again, curiously, is latitude. If it's cold more, suicide is more prevalent than where it's warm, where homicides dominate.
How does that connect with the death penalty becoming federal law now in the USA?
BetteTheRed
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I'm not sure what the executive order stating that there are only two genders actually means, in any kind of enforceable government sort of way? If someone's genitals chromosomes hormones and brain structure are not aligned in exactly one of exactly two ways, what the feck exactly is one supposed to do? (And if you can do math, you recognize that this results in at least 2 to the power of 4 equalling 16 potential genders.) And if you think about it, and even the abortion question (because it's fairly often medically necessary; e.g. "make those babies stop strangling on their own cord, make those missing brains just appear"), it's like the government telling the science of medicine to "do their science differently", which is the antithesis of the scientific method. So, feck Gallileo and Einstein and Hawking and and and all of modern science in the name of your bloated political ego?
BetteTheRed
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I'm pointing out that co-incidence does not equal causation.
The decreased homicide rate in Canada had everything to do with increased access to abortion and less about the discontinued death penalty.
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I would love to see a return to a respect for, and better basic education about, the scientific method of investigation: a hypothesis, a testing of HARD DATA compiled by a statically honest and arms length wing of government, a logical conclusion based on real evidence. I hate to say it, but everyone needs to take a basic statistics course, and maybe consumer behaviour to understand how we are being fleeced?
Decisively refuted by this article on Hermeneutics:
Does Jesus condemn the death penalty in Matthew 5:38-39? If not, what did he mean?
In Matthew 5:38-39 Jesus says: Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy ...
hermeneutics.stackexchange.com
Are you relating to the theory that since abortion was legalized, that those who terminated their pregnancies contributed to the lower homicide rate because their unwanted children would likely have grown up to become murderers?
(Steven Levit theory?)
BetteTheRed
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I am indeed. And it's not likely, at all, it's just more likely. Correlation is not causation and vice versa.
I disagree with this article but I could concede to only God having that authority.....not humans.Decisively refuted by this article on Hermeneutics:
Does Jesus condemn the death penalty in Matthew 5:38-39? If not, what did he mean?
In Matthew 5:38-39 Jesus says: Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy ...