Is stopping a genocide justification for war?
Vis., is the Pope condemning Viet Nam for invading Cambodia to put an end to the genocide there (in Cambodia)?
I suppose if we assume there is no genocide, then genocide doesn’t justify war.
Similarly, if we assume there are no capital offenses (e.g., no first degree murders), then there is no justification for capital punishment.
Everything’s easy when you can assume away evil!
Oh, and let’s no forget the temptation to say you are holy and other people aren’t.
The pope is supposed to be a servant, to shepherd the flock, not proclaim his superiority to the flock. We are all called to service. The police and the military, no less than pastors. And, we all face temptations. The pope, Catholic priests, the various pastors of the protestant denominations are not exceptions. We need some realism and we need some humility.
Do we eliminate Joshua from the Bible?
This guy is also opposed to capital punishment.