re: Canada set to surpass 100,000 assisted suicides — more than the country’s WWII death toll

The Old Testament God certainly did.

Edit: I suppose you also believe Jesus was justly crucified since the government ordered it. I don’t share that belief.

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The Old Testament God certainly did.

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I’d suggest not getting into arguments about biblical teaching. You are clearly unequipped.

The New Testament also supports the role of the state to put criminals to death.

Beyond that, we are told that when Jesus returns, He will judge the wicked with eternal death in Hell, which is eternal conscious suffering, which is far worse than merely killing the body.

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I suppose you

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Don't suppose anything about me.

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The Old Testament God certainly did.

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Which God do you believe in?

If Canada is such a Utopia, why are people literally dying to get out of there?

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get your perspective, but it lacks any true understanding of the world.

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Many of us have watched our grandparents, parents, and loved ones die in agony and helpless.

There has got to be a way to save the time, agony, and money.

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No. I have to suppose your takes when you refuse to state them.

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My take on the Crucifixion? The Romans were happy to turn him loose, the austere religious scholars wanted him put to death.

BTW, Thread yesterday got whacked- you said you had a Friday lunch beer, what'd you have? Made me crave a Black and Tan.

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Vaguely. Jesus was called a criminal and put to death by the state. I assume you don’t consider the crucifixion to be justice.

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I will avoid the theological topic of God’s justice being satisfied with the cross and focus on the temporal justice and authority piece.

First, Jesus did not deny Pilate’s authority to put Jesus to death. He only said that Pilate’s authority was granted to him by God (John 19:10-11).

Second, Jesus upheld the whole law, which included the death penalty in the case of 2 or more witnesses. When Jesus was confronted with the woman caught in adultery, He didn’t deny the mosaic law to put her to death, but He turned the trap on those who sought to trap Him by calling out their hypocrisy of not putting her to death, themselves, by casting the first stones (that was the legal requirement). In addition, she was “caught”, and yet the man she was caught with was not brought to Jesus, further displaying their hypocrisy, as the law demanded both to be put to death.

Jesus was not a legal witness, so He would not have been able to stone her on His own, legally, after the other “witnesses” abandoned the case. He refused to condemn her spiritually, but called her to stop her sin of adultery. That story is found in John 8.

Third, Paul taught that the death penalty was just in and of itself. In Romans 13, he says that the government may “wield the sword” to punish evil.

Finally, in Acts 25:10-11, Paul said that if he had done anything worthy of the death penalty, that he would not object to it. He didn’t call it out as an unjust practice, but appealed to the justness of it to show he was innocent.

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I’m pro-life from conception to natural death. I don’t make exceptions for state-sanctioned murder or vengeance.

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So you support laws making all abortions illegal and treating abortions as murder?

From conception onward.

No exceptions for rape, incest, or health of the mother?

Or do you make exceptions when it comes to laws...

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It sounds like a way to end suffering, not a walk in for everyone. Anyone who has witnessed a love one suffer would have no problem with this.

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From the OP’s article: “A memorial for Kiano Vafaeian, 26, who sought the MAID program because of depression, diabetes, and vision problems.”

This is apparently being used because quality of life isn’t what some want.

Regardless, this is still a violation of the 6th commandment and should be condemned as such. Emotional appeals are not greater than the truth of God.