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Originally Posted by floorpuncher
But does God not also tell us that death is not only a justifiable punishment for murder but also the required one in Genesis?
But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Genesis 9:4-6
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That's from the Old Testament, Trogdor's was from the New Testament, which most every denomination of Christianity follows. In the old testament, God required payment for sins, but in the new testament Christ intercedes and becomes the payment for our sins.
As for my oppinion on the death sentence, I'm really not sure. A part of me want justice, and wants it soon, but another part of me realizes that justice belongs to God, and in the end he'll work it out. I do believe in punishment for crimes, but the death sentence is gray area for me.