I'm advocating the position that capital punishment is in keeping with Christian teaching.
According to the quotes from the Bible, Jesus advocates the death penalty for those who curse or strike a parent. The opinion seems pretty clear from the extracts provided by C.C Fan.
Are you suggesting that while you support Christ's call for the death penalty, you think he was mistaken and / or mistranslated when he SPECIFIED what offences should be punished this way?
Surely if we are to take Him at his word we cannot pick and choose when clear guidance is offered?
Note: when people begin "well, what the Lord meant to say..." I get real suspicious.
Or did I misread the post twice? [Very possible]