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Originally Posted by Azure
Sigh. 
Romans 13(NT)....talks about the government having the right to use the sword. You can interpret that any way you like, but most people would agree that its revolves around the government having the right to lawfully execute people. An extension of that(not the execution part, but the sword part)....would be the government having the right to declare war, or use its citizens to defend its freedom. I.E the military.
Again, you may disagree with this, but in regards to what a 'Christian' should believe, well Paul was pretty explicit about that.
Most of the NT is about personal responsibility....heck, the 4 gospels talk solely about individual actions. But Paul was very clear in what he said about a 'Christian'...and the 'government.' |
yet much of the Christian community is opposed to capital punnishment, e.g.
http://www.americancatholic.org/News.../CU/ac0195.asp