[A2J]

TELL ME! Oh Bible Scholar, do the scriptures tell you it is O.K. to break down the door of your neighbor and shoot him dead because he enjoys the gifts and rights which God gave to him?

No, they do not.

However, they DO give government the authority to punish "evil doers" (those who violate the laws of the land, assuming such laws do not contradict God's laws).

Understand that it is very unfortunate that a young man was killed, but had he been doing what is right, i.e., obeying the law and staying away from known drug hangouts, he would still be alive today.

[PaxMacian]

RE:those who violate the laws of the land, 'assuming' such laws do not contradict God's laws

Your assumption is in this case incorrect.

GOD MADE HERB
GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD
GOD GAVE IT TO MAN

Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Nowhere in God's law does it say don't use herb!

[FormerLurker]

However, they DO give government the authority to punish "evil doers"

Then why aren't those that promote executing people for SUSPECTED drug use "punished"? That IS what I call evil...

Understand that it is very unfortunate that a young man was killed, but had he been doing what is right, i.e., obeying the law and staying away from known drug hangouts, he would still be alive today.

Tell that to the Boston minister who died during a mistaken drug raid on his apartment..

Minister dies as cops raid wrong apartment