Murder, not kill. God is perfectly ok with lots of different kinds of killing.

Despite being brought up a Catholic, I consider myself relatively ignorant about the Bible, which I am assuming, Roland, is your source of information for what God is "ok with". I am fascinated by the religious arguments for and against the death penalty. Please could you provide me with references for the sections of the Bible in which God expresses his support for capital punishment?

Besides being Levitical law, God ordered the deaths of thousands. He has no problem with punishing the wicked by death. He telsl us not to MURDER, but murder and the death penalty are not the same things. Neither is war.

Roland...you of all people know that Levitical Law no longer needs to be followed.

How do you justify your "God is pro-death" beliefs with the teachings of the New Testament.

By the way...what is your definition of murder?

Murder is the premeditated taking of INNOCENT life. God had no problems throughout the Bible with ordering the deaths of wicked people.

First off, lets establish that the government has the Biblical and God ordained right to punish evil men(Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2). So the government does have the right to punish. Next as you have agreed with Roland that God set up a government in the OT that allowed for the death penalty. Add that to no command in the New Testament that says governments can't condemn to death, would it not be logical to assume that the death penalty is an allowed penalty to those who break the law in a way that death would be a just punishment?

Murder is the premeditated taking of INNOCENT life.

Oh..you mean something like intentionally bombing civilian areas? Looks like Israel became murderers this week.

As did the United States in Iraq...

Smiles...I will reply in a new post, as a reply to your questions is bigger than a comment.

Henry...I moved them to the correct post.