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12. Here is an article that clears some of this up.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 16, 2020, 11:58 AM

Jan 2020

https://www.prisonfellowship.org/resources/advocacy/sentencing/the-death-penalty/

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You know how you know they are not real Christians (well one of the reasons)? [View all] Soph0571 Jan 2020 OP

Our government using the death penalty is not murder, and it is biblical. braddy Jan 2020 #1

It is state sanctioned murder Soph0571 Jan 2020 #2

The death penalty is a lawful government function, Christians are not performing it individually. braddy Jan 2020 #3

The death penalty is barbaric, vengeful and has no place in a civilised society... Soph0571 Jan 2020 #5

Your argument is with government, not with an individual Christian who isn't executing anyone. braddy Jan 2020 #6

auschwitz was a 'lawful government function'. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #8

It was murder according to the bible, not legal capitol punishment. braddy Jan 2020 #10

the bible has several examples of god sanctioning the wholesale slaughter of other tribes. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #11

Here is an article that clears some of this up. braddy Jan 2020 #12

See Numbers 31 Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #15

Ask a Rabbi about Jews and God before the Christ. braddy Jan 2020 #17

lulzd. Of course, that was some other gods. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #18

Wow. braddy Jan 2020 #19

You wrote: "It was murder according to the bible, not legal capitol punishment." Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #20

I am not a Rabbi Cartoonist Jan 2020 #23

and I guessed it was the one about selling your possessions and giving the rurallib Jan 2020 #4

I agree with your opinion of the death penalty edhopper Jan 2020 #7

a 'real' christian is anyone who describes themselves as a christian. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #9

A real Christian is one who believes and believes in Christ. God decides who is Christian, it isn't braddy Jan 2020 #13

So you have like a direct connection or something? Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #14

Maybe god will decide you aren't a Christian, and Mike Pence is? trotsky Jan 2020 #21

Only God knows for sure who will go to heaven as true believers in Christ. braddy Jan 2020 #22

ah so you agree then that there is no way for mere mortals to separate Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #24

Brothers and sisters in Christ can largely tell their own, and supporting the death penalty is braddy Jan 2020 #25

Wow, judge much? trotsky Jan 2020 #28

There was no judgement in my post, but yours does seem to be pure judgement of something braddy Jan 2020 #29

I have a problem when believers claim to know what their god thinks. trotsky Jan 2020 #35

I can't make any sense from your claims, it was a simple post. braddy Jan 2020 #36

You said people who support the death penalty can't be Christians. trotsky Jan 2020 #37

All Christians are hooked up with Other-Christian Detectors... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #39

And that's NOT judging, so stop saying that! trotsky Jan 2020 #40

A real Christian Cartoonist Jan 2020 #16

There's one other order all Christians are given. "Be kind to others as you would like them to be napi21 Jan 2020 #26

Proselytize, witness, convert - by example. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #27

In what writings did Billy and Franklin Graham say that Catholics are not Christians? braddy Jan 2020 #30

According to them, Catholics are not Christians either. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #31

So where have the Grahams said that the Catholic denomination is not Christian? (they haven't) braddy Jan 2020 #32

Sorry. All I have are their own words. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #33

I'm asking for those words, where do they say the Catholic denomination is not Christian? Show braddy Jan 2020 #34

This calls for a... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #38