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[Ignatius the Kiwi]

Someone like me will apply the minimum amount of force to help them, in their best interests.
If I injure them, I will then treat that injury.
Not out of hate, but love.

Is death an acceptable possibility?

 

[Maori Aussie]

Is death an acceptable possibility?

I believe that the very finger of G_d scratched the words into a slate "Thou shalt not murder" Exodus 20:13 / Deuteronomy 5:17.
I know this as in Australia there is a very well known war crimes case of a commando NCO executing a POW.
There was the allegation that some new recruits into his unit were 'blooded' in this way.
I needed to know for myself how I would have responded if forced to do this.
I believe that the very finger of G_d scratched the words into a slate "Thou shalt not murder"

 

[Maria Billingsley]

I'm talking about those who resist arrest and imprisonment. If you can't kill them and they violently resist and avoiding death is your first responsibility then to avoid death of the criminal. What should be done? Are you opposed to all violence?

So you'd want a society without prisons?

You can take your questions directly to the source of that quote.
Thanks for engaging!

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

You can take your questions directly to the source of that quote.
Thanks for engaging!

I have an I conclude that your view misrepresents Christ as ordering us to be pacifistic and unable to enforce order in society. Most understand that this view is unsustainable and therefore can't argue for it.

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

I believe that the very finger of G_d scratched the words into a slate "Thou shalt not murder" Exodus 20:13 / Deuteronomy 5:17.
I know this as in Australia there is a very well known war crimes case of a commando NCO executing a POW.
There was the allegation that some new recruits into his unit were 'blooded' in this way.
I needed to know for myself how I would have responded if forced to do this.
I believe that the very finger of G_d scratched the words into a slate "Thou shalt not murder"

The same God that commanded us not to murder also commanded the Israelites to execute criminals for certain crimes.

 

[Maori Aussie]

The same God that commanded us not to murder also commanded the Israelites to execute criminals for certain crimes.

“If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone” John 8:7
Feeling sinless????

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

“If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone” John 8:7
Feeling sinless????

Obviously no one is sinless but if the law will not be enforced? Are we to live in an anarchy and advocate as such?

 

[Maori Aussie]

Obviously no one is sinless but if the law will not be enforced? Are we to live in an anarchy and advocate as such?

Obedient Christians live under the law as interpreted by Jesus now.

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

Obedient Christians live under the law as interpreted by Jesus now.

And does that law mean being helpless in the face of evil doers? Utterly passive because of the fear of using force against those who would do evil?

 

[Maori Aussie]

I gave you a specific example of response earlier in this very thread and you replied "Is death an acceptable possibility?"