Posted on 12/17/2018 4:58:37 PM PST by ebb tide
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He’s willing to let Asia Bibi suffer the death penalty.
I’m glad he is taking square aim at the Chinese government, by far the world’s leader in capital punishment, and doing his very best to confront them.
He needs to get the Chinese government to stop paying attention to the teaching of the pre-Francis popes, to which they are slavishly attentive.
Sorry if the sarcasm is approaching potentially lethal levels.
He opens his mouth and proves how wrong he is.
All the time.
Why anyone follows him is incredible.
Jesus constantly referred to The Law which mandated death for murderers.
Unfortunately, it is highly unlikely that anyone will ever publicly ask him “Was it wrong, then, to crucify Jesus?”.
That was the judicial murder of an innocent man.
Luke 23:
39 And one of those robbers who were hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing thou art condemned under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this man hath done no evil. 42 And he said to Jesus: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.
I’m rather doubtful about may people following him.
But he may have many fellow travelers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo
There are things worse than death, aren’t there? For example, being incarcerated in a maximum security prison for the rest of one’s natural born life without the possibility of parole. Which condition is more merciful?
If you are gay prison is heaven.
Given that most condemned to death spend decades appealing their sentences, I’m guessing there’s a strong preference for life imprisonment.
All true, but irrelevant to the question at hand.
“Jesus Christ died in prison serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for my sins”?
Yeah ... it just doesn’t have the same ring, does it?
That was the judicial murder of an innocent man.
All true, but irrelevant to the question at hand.
“Jesus Christ died in prison serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for my sins”?
Jesus submitted himself to the lawful civil authority. That civil authority had the power to condemn citizens to death.
If the death penalty was immoral or unjust Jesus would not have submitted himself to that authority.
Therefore, Christians must accept that the death penalty when imposed by lawful authority is right and just.
It has the endorsement of our Lord and Savior. He accepted Pilots authority over him because that power came from his father.
“Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above” (Jn. 19:11).
Objection 1. It would seem unlawful to kill men who have sinned. For our Lord in the parable (Matthew 13) forbade the uprooting of the cockle which denotes wicked men according to a gloss. Now whatever is forbidden by God is a sin. Therefore it is a sin to kill a sinner.
(Snip)
On the contrary, It is written (Exodus 22:18): "Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live"; and (Psalm 100:8): "In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land."
I answer that, As stated above (Article 1), it is lawful to kill dumb animals, in so far as they are naturally directed to man's use, as the imperfect is directed to the perfect. Now every part is directed to the whole, as imperfect to perfect, wherefore every part is naturally for the sake of the whole. For this reason we observe that if the health of the whole body demands the excision of a member, through its being decayed or infectious to the other members, it will be both praiseworthy and advantageous to have it cut away. Now every individual person is compared to the whole community, as part to whole. Therefore if a man be dangerous and infectious to the community, on account of some sin, it is praiseworthy and advantageous that he be killed in order to safeguard the common good, since "a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump" (1 Corinthians 5:6).(emphasis added)
Therefore, according to a Doctor of the Church, capital punishment is not solely an act of justice but is "praiseworthy and advantageous" for "the common good."
I love Saint Thomas Aquinas and his reasoning. Solid, Angelic, awesome. Unfortunately, he was not a pope and did not speak ex-cathedra - not saying nor implying Pope Francis is here. And no, I am not a big fan of Pope Francis, but he is the Pope and I am Catholic.
“I’m a better human being than all those other popes.”
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