Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen

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    1 year ago

    Came to fulfill, not rectify. But while you are in Romans, perhaps consider chapter 13. Especially verse 4.

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      1 year ago

      Sure, fulfill. Which just proves my point even more.

      Romans 13, 4 does not talk about capital punishment.

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        For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.

        Talks about bearing a sword for punishment. Sure sounds like it includes capital punishment