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Whereas the Bible is the inspired word of God; whereas the same God rules in both the Old and New Testament eras; whereas the Bible clearly prescribes the death penalty for crimes in numerous passages; whereas the will the Divine is not vague on this command by any stretch....Therefore any advocation of the elimination of the death penalty is a serious breech of faith and morals and places one squarely outside the ranks of Godly believers. If this punches your ticket to Hell,,,,, we shall leave that up to God Almighty.

This old boy is taking no such chances!!

Re: "If this punches your ticket to Hell,,,,, we shall leave that up to God Almighty."

Well I am all for this but you imply an obligation on the Faithful. And they say Catholics are Dogma intensive. You don't leave any room for personal interpretation do you? So this puts you .....? Well I don't know, It isn't Baptist, and Catholic has already been eliminated, I doubt Eastern Orthodox?

By the way do you advocate a celibate lifestyle?
Do you believe in Transubstiation of the Bread and Wine into the real presence of Christ?
Does your Church have Bishops?
Is it the common practice in your Church to kneel during prayer?
Do you acknowledge the primacy of Saint Peter and his successors?

All supportable by Scripture but most rejected by millions all claiming to follow Scripture.

By the way, I think the death penalty is called for. I think the Pope JPII was wrong on this and the Catholic church permits this. Betcha didn't know that did ya?