Look what border patrol caught

[Mountainmanbob]

So...you reject the idea of the Body of Christ and in the death of Christ for the (possible) redemption of all mankind?

Possible redemption with Christ -- fine -- but -- one must still pay the State for sins commited.

I hope and pray that all murders on death row repent. Hopefully before they are put to death.

M-Bob

 

[Namenotallowed]

Possible redemption with Christ -- fine -- but -- one must still pay the State for sins commited.

I hope and pray that all murders on death row repent. Hopefully before they are put to death.

M-Bob

I'm fine with the government performing punishment on criminals, that's part of its prerogative. What I worry about is that many Christians seem to think that's good enough and it serves God's will. I think instead God's will would be to minister to criminals in the hopes of helping them achieve redemption. We're in a sorry state when we forget the great commission just because we'd rather see people get what's coming to them.

 

[peter2]

We see this all so often in San Diego County.
Please help us to remove -- PROTECT OUR CHILDREN!
M-Bob

Hi bob,
If a frenchman may allow himself to interfere in your policythinking (I do, for I feel christian before to feel frenchman), Maybe it's the reason why human societies should try and share work, so as to humanly integrate unemployed person in working populations, and to make people stop thinking so much of sex, for it's one of the more likely inclinations of unoccupied persons, and it's the surer path to stop such offences. At the roots...
I apologize for my intrusion by editing. I hope it won't be another kind of intrusion

 

[section9+1]

NNA
You sure like to jump to your own conclusions. What does what I said have to do with the body of Christ or his salvation? We aren't even talking about the same things. Most people's Christianity is like something they took out of a can. All laid out for them with no effort and no thinking. There's lots I don't believe, but we aren't even on the same page. Go open another can.

 

[Mountainmanbob]

You two have high jacked the thread it seems.

Mountainman

 

[section9+1]

I am not nearly so interested in punishing criminals for their crimes as I am in fixing the problem of unchecked crime. No one is fixing anything. It's getting worse. And all Christians are saying is we must give them all a chance to get saved. Baloney!
God says the way of the transgressor is hard. But Christians say, Oh no! The way of the transgressor must be made as easy as we can. They should not suffer, they should be nurtured. You are the source of transgression since you thwart the word of God.

 

[Namenotallowed]

NNA
You sure like to jump to your own conclusions. What does what I said have to do with the body of Christ or his salvation? We aren't even talking about the same things. Most people's Christianity is like something they took out of a can. All laid out for them with no effort and no thinking. There's lots I don't believe, but we aren't even on the same page. Go open another can.

Fair enough, I may have done that. From what you said earlier though, especially the bit about not believing in a brotherhood of man and attaching limited significance to being made in God's image it seemed to me like that's what you were saying. I don't really know what else you could have meant, since from my perspective we're all equal before God in our need for redemption. We're brothers in sin, and I would hope that we'd also be brothers in salvation. When I read those statements from you they seem to be saying that some people, your brand of Christians, are better than others. I'm sorry if I misinterpreted you.

Anyway, my intent wasn't to hijack the thread, just to engage in a discussion about how we should look at and act about illegal immigrants and criminals in general as followers of Christ.