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in article , Tinkerntom
at wrote on 3/6/05 8:17 PM:

Rick wrote:
...stuff deleted
Gen 9:6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed,
for
in the image of God He made man.

God instituted the death penalty originally, in reference to
Creation.
Murder is an affront to God, who created us in His image. If some
one
kills a man, it is as if he is trying to kill God! God says that
man
should die!

No god I'd believe in would do such a thing. Even the "wrathful and
vengeful" god of the old testament
allowed Cain to wander free (but marked). Yet another reason why I
doubt
the "scriptures" were written
by anyone but ordinary men.

...justification for murder deleted

Rick

It is your choice to believe in whatever kind of god you choose to
believe in. Your choice does not determine what kind of God the
scriptures reveal. That it makes you uncomfortable, or even that it is
difficult to explain, does not make it any more encumbent on us, if we
choose to attempt to understand the nature of God, and His activity
throughout history, some of which is recorded in the Scriptures, to
struggle to understand and find the real and true God with which we
have to deal.

The scriptures are clear when they say that God instituted the death
penalty clear back in the beginning of Genesis.

Forgetting for the moment that we are talking about a work of fiction
regarding a mythical being...

Presumably, Tinkerntom, "God" would be capable of applying perfect justice
in deciding to put someone to death. He'd know they were guilty, and he
wouldn't be swayed in his decision by whether or not they were poor or
happened to have black skin.

The same cannot be said for any human system of justice. The realities that
poor people and/or visible minorities are the most likely victims of capital
punishment cannot be denied.

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