Just a controversial thing I believe. Don't worry too much about it
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Right down to the death?
My grandad was a Methodist minister so this doesn’t feel too controversial to me.
But the longer I’m around the more understanding I become of human shortcomings.
I think people have a hard time reconciling individual compassion with state-implemented justice. Our job is to love people, the state's job is to wield the sword.
And you trust the state (any state) to do that well?
Trust, no, entrust, yes. I'm a minarchist, I think a state has to exist to wield force, because there's no way force can't exist (contra anarchists and libertarians). Justice is also the function of the state assigned by God per Romans 13.
The Christian viewpoint is that Leviticus (The Law) was completed by Christ and transgression of that law is no longer a sin to be punished. The Apostle Paul went on to say that while all things may be lawful, not all things are expedient.
From: JeffG at 06/07/23 14:36:16 on wss://nos.lol
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>Right down to the death?
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>My grandad was a Methodist minister so this doesn’t feel too controversial to me.
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>But the longer I’m around the more understanding I become of human shortcomings.
Most traditions differentiate between ceremonial, civil, and moral law. Ceremonial law was fulfilled by Jesus, the penalty for guilt under the moral law was expiated by Jesus but continues to bind the conscience of Christians, and the civil law is practical and continues to be more or less relevant depending on your point of view. Leviticus 20 is talking about civil (criminal) law, because it invokes capital punishment.
The Christian moral code is an interesting one. The apostles eventually reduced it down to refraining from blood and fornication. Something likely got lost in the translations, but the blood proscription likely had something to do meat sacrificed to idols. The term fornication likely refers to any kind of sex outside of heterosexual marriage.
The Sermon on the mount was Jesus' description of morality. It values, among many other things, the golden rule, meekness, mercy, and tolerance.
From: hodlbod<-JeffG at 06/08/23 10:44:51 on wss://nos.lol
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>Most traditions differentiate between ceremonial, civil, and moral law. Ceremonial law was fulfilled by Jesus, the penalty for guilt under the moral law was expiated by Jesus but continues to bind the conscience of Christians, and the civil law is practical and continues to be more or less relevant depending on your point of view. Leviticus 20 is talking about civil (criminal) law, because it invokes capital punishment.