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Bible scripture
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PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
While it might fall under war, I'm not sure... I think it's worth noting that when I was a Christian, I understood war killing as only being ethical in cases where the people doing the killing were on the side of God. Since I don't believe God talks to us quite as clearly as he did some men in OT times, I'm just not sure how that really works, today. And tend to think it just doesn't work at all.
It will be interesting to see who designates himself or herself a "religious expert."
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
Apparently me and you, since we both posted.
Would protecting the interests of a country fall under self defense?
Magical Wand
Active Member
"Christianity has changed its perspective on the death penalty over time and different Christian denominations have different teachings on it. Many early Christians were strongly opposed to the death penalty and magistrates who enforced it could be excommunicated. Attitudes gradually began to relax in the fifth century. In the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas argued that capital punishment was a form of "lawful slaying", which became the standard Catholic teaching on the issue for centuries. During the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther and John Calvin defended the death penalty, but Quakers, Brethren, and Mennonites have opposed it since their founding. Since the Second Vatican Council, the Roman Catholic Church has generally opposed the death penalty and, in August 2018, Pope Francis revised the Catechism of the Catholic Church to explicitly condemn it in all cases, as an inadmissible attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person." (Religion and capital punishment)
lukethethird
unknown member
I might not be a religious expert but I am an expert and a master debater.
I think there was no good reason for it and it was probably just because they didn’t like him and what he represented. But, maybe, if they would have wanted to give a nice excuse they would have said it was self-defense.
Justanatheist
Well-Known Member
What about pre-emptive strikes like the six day war?
Sounds like a combination of war and self-defense.
Justanatheist
Well-Known Member
As my rugby coach always used to say to me, "get your retaliation in first"