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@secondson saidNot being a supporter of capital punishment, I would accept incarceration [for abortion] if that was the only alternative.
Maybe the question you should ask is, if abortion was made illegal as the law of the land, and determined to be an act of homicide, what would you think the penalty should be?
@secondson saidAre there any other actions - aside from abortion - that you believe are morally unsound - "wrong" - and should be viewed as crimes but which are currently not?
I "support" people learning the difference between right and wrong.
@fmf saidNo, I would not support politicians that would enact laws to put to death anyone for just any sin.
I understand your stance on abortion. So, just to be clear: you believe the penalty for "sin" should be a death sentence? You would support politicians who promised to enact laws to that effect?
It seems that somehow you have lost perspective relative to crime and punishment.
@secondson saidI was responding to these sentences which you typed: The answer is simple: murder is a sin. The penalty for sin is death. I don't think there's a problem with my perspective - or the questions I ask attendant thereto.
No, I would not support politicians that would enact laws to put to death anyone for just any sin.It seems that somehow you have lost perspective relative to crime and punishment.
@secondson said@fmf said
Yes, of course I do.
Are there any other actions - aside from abortion - that you believe are morally unsound - "wrong" - and should be viewed as crimes but which are currently not?
@secondson said
Yes, of course I do.
Can you give any examples?
@secondson saidYou should perhaps read the OP again.
Then you agree that there is something inherently wrong with abortion?
-Removed-Yeppers
The rhetoric often flashes about in this way: “Oh, so you want to kill all the gays.” No. That would be unbiblical too. During the reign of Asa, King of Judah, he is described as one who “did what was right in the sight of the LORD. . . . He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land, and removed all the idols which his fathers had made” (1 Kings 15:11–12). Asa received divine approbation because he removed the homosexual cult prostitutes. Notice that these homosexuals were not executed; as a matter of fact, they were not completely eradicated from the land. During the reign of Jehoshaphat, Asa’s son, we find him picking up where his father left off: “And the remnant of the sodomites who remained in the days of his father Asa, he expelled from the land” (1 Kings 22:46). Again, we see that they were not summarily executed, but over an extended period of time—through the reigns of his father and into his own reign—they worked on ridding the land of this sinful practice. Those who wanted to remain among the covenant people of the Lord were required to repent. Two hundred years later, we find Josiah, in the midst of a reform, doing the exact same thing: “He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD” (2 Kings 23:7). Despite these exceptions, the Bible does allow for the execution of homosexuals. This sanction is taught in the book of Leviticus and is implemented by God upon the residents of Sodom (Genesis 19). We may safely conclude that in both precept and in practice God allows for the maximum penalty to be applied to unrepentant homosexuals.
White, James R.; Niell, Jeffrey D.. The Same Sex Controversy (pp. 87-88). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
-Removed-It's from a book that I read called the Same Sex Controversy. It was a great read and very informative. Dr. James White is really good to listen to, I think, even though he is not my exact flavor on everything... But when he hits a ball, he hits the cover off of it.
You should check out some of his stuff over here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AominOrg