> I have a problem with the whole foundaion of this argument - that we > somehow have a right to use lethal force. > I wonder how this equates to a new testament mindset. > I don't see Jesus condoning or using lethal force. > I see Jesus ordering me to love, to be as one and to turn the other cheek. > > My position is that I would not ever use lethal force. Surely that's a > saner position than saying "I will..." > But that position has not been tested. Who knows under what provication I > might. > > Show my how killing lines up with Jesus' teaching in the New Testament? > Each one of us carries the stain of Caine in us. We are all capable of murder. That is in our human nature, but since we live by the Spirit and not the flesh we no longer bow to our desires. In light of the New testament, killing can not be justified either by man or State. One fact that Victor forgot is that per capiata, Australia is on par with the US in gun related deaths and we have some of the stricts gun laws in the world. 99.9% of these deaths are from unregistered weapons. What I'm trying to say is that even in a society that is not gun crazy the killing still goes on. The only hope for man is Jesus.
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