re: Pope calls for abolition of death penalty

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Do did God delineate that to someone from a burning bush or a dream? Or was it just written by some guy after a meeting?

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God gave us a church to work out all the issues that would come up in interpreting his word for the last 2000 years.

If there was no unified body of believers who came together and settled disputes we may still have large portions of christians who believe that Jesus is an adopted son of God not really God. (see arian)