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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    I appreciate you clarifying your personal position on the subject. It’s not my intention to change your or anyone’s beliefs.
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    Although I agree with much of what you wrote, there is one point that requires some clarification. The law does not exist because of sin. It's like saying, "because someone killed another human being we have determined after the fact that it is unlawful." God is all-knowing - He knows the...
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    Even the ancient nation of Israel, who willingly accepted to obey God’s First Covenant, ultimately did not continue in it which would have made it possible to “correctly govern according to God's Law/Word” so it’s really not speculation at all. There are indeed literally tens of thousands of...
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    Agreed, and in scripture, God essentially says the same thing.
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    No, it’s not a contradiction. The physical nation of Israel willingly entered into a binding covenant with God that included His Law and Commandments. In it, He declared that this same law, “shall apply to the native as to the stranger who sojourns among you” (Ex 12:49). In other words, His Law...
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    Does feeling good or bad about a moral decision demonstrate a kind of faith?

    I’m sorry but this does not make sense to me, perhaps I’m missing something. The fact is human beings are more than a collection of atoms, in fact, everything in the physical realm is more than a collection of atoms. That’s why I don’t quite see the purpose of the alien implant scenario. And...
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extraction of organs or tissues, including for surrogacy and...
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    You're free to disagree, but what evidence can you provide to support your evaluation of the Law of God? Clearly, you didn't understand what I said, and you're not familiar with Biblical law, as your statement was wholly inaccurate. The Law of God clearly dealt with civil laws as part of the...
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    People trafficking is a form of kidnapping, slavery, and stealing, since the victim’s freedoms (among other things), is taken from them. In fact, all of the crimes/offenses you mentioned are covered by various specific and general principles, including, “love your neighbor as yourself.” BTW...
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    People Trafficking You shall not steal (Ex. 20:15). He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death (Ex. 21:16). If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him...
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    The same law shall apply to the native as to the stranger who sojourns among you (Ex 12:49; NASB), If an alien sojourns among you and observes the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for...
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    Does the Bible recommend how world governments should deal with sin?

    Just research God's First Covenant system - it's a physical system of governance that functioned as a legal disciplinarian that has all the statutes, ordinances, judgments, and commandments to govern a nation in justice and in righteousness. It also has a built-in capacity to teach its adherents...
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    Does feeling good or bad about a moral decision demonstrate a kind of faith?

    At this point, I’m not sure either – if I want to pursue this train of thought with you or not. Let's see where this goes. Any feelings a person might have about a past decision is usually a result of how that decision and its consequences (or lack thereof) are evaluated or justified. Thus, how...
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    Does feeling good or bad about a moral decision demonstrate a kind of faith?

    I see the premise as faulty because the question suggests that because of how I might "feel" having learned that the implants caused me to do something I regret, that I might regret it less the next time I do something that bothers me. It’s a set-up. And the problem is that if I had done...
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    Does feeling good or bad about a moral decision demonstrate a kind of faith?

    Feeling good or bad about a decision that can be categorized as a “moral” one, does not of and by itself indicate anything “spiritual” about a living, breathing, physical human, IMO. Most of us seem to have come with a conscience built into our programming which acts as a general guide. However...
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