I have never been opposed to rational discussion. We just got side tracked that's all.
SOLI DEO GLORIA.
Consider what it was that you let sidetrack you.
Gut instinct aside, then, I would like to point out a few things:
It is true that God does authorize capital punishment -- in the spirit of honesty, we have to concede that the vast majority of killings (both by government and private individuals) in the Bible are either performed by God himself, ordered by Him, or blessed by Him after the fact. So it would be quite hypocritical of Him to turn around and say "Killing is wrong" as an absolute truth.
That being said, you are correct in that your C.S.A. would not be violating any Biblical sanctions by executing convicted criminals.
(A lesser man would cut me off here and quote-mine me -- perhaps you're a better man than that after all)
However -- God has also given explicit instructions as to who must be put to death in a Nation under His protection -- and you've already stated, for the record, that you would
not follow those instructions -- not all of them, anyway.
ShieldOFaith said:
HERE ARE THINGS YOU'D NOT BE HUNG FOR:
1. Eating shell fish.
2. Being a communist. If you preached it you'd be banished.
3. Gangster rap. You may be imprisoned, but you would not be hung for that.
4. Working on the Sabbath. You would probably be rebuked, but you would not be hung for that.
5. Wearing two different types of clothing (cotton and polyester.). You might look weird, but you won't get hung for that.
That's right, Shield -- you've gone on the record saying you would
disobey God. The fact that you'd only disobey Him a little isn't going to matter.
You've said that the USA is due for a divine smackdown for straying away from God's laws -- is your own C.S.A. any different now?
It seems to me that doing what God wants, but not
how He wants it done, is not going to impress Him very much. You want to execute people in you country? Fine, go ahead; your country, your rules -- but be a man and admit that it's not because God tells you to; it's because
you want these people dead.