Originally posted by @philokaliaThe "torture" mentioned by the person to whom I was replying.
What torture?
Originally posted by @philokaliaI am suggesting that we should not be murdering or torturing serial paedophiles.
Are you suggesting that negative actions do not deserve negative consequences?
Originally posted by @wolfgang59The sixth commandment does not prohibit killing as punishment for crimes, or a soldier killing the enemy in war. Two different Hebrew words are used for the taking of life — kill (harag) and murder (ratsach). The word used in the sixth commandment is ratsach and implies the premeditated taking of human life, typically out of malice.
The OP did not mention murder.
So scratch that.
The correct translation of the sixth commandment is: Thou shalt not murder.
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Originally posted by @fmfMore confessions of sexual abuse.
No due process? Are you sure? And what would be the purpose of torturing them?
They have made innocents suffer.
After all, the universe balances out
What would you think is fair? Bed and breakfast (jail) ? A quick death?
They should all be put on an island and hunted, imo
(due process is implied here)
Originally posted by @suzianneThe death penalty, war, and abortion are examples of premeditated murder.
The sixth commandment does not prohibit killing as punishment for crimes, or a soldier killing the enemy in war. Two different Hebrew words are used for the taking of life — kill (harag) and murder (ratsach). The word used in the sixth commandment is ratsach and implies the premeditated taking of human life, typically out of malice.
The correct translation of the sixth commandment is: Thou shalt not murder.
Originally posted by @karoly-aczelWhat does being "applauded" for committing murder have to do with it?
I would gladly goto jail for removing a serial paedophile from the Earth. And I would be applauded for it by most
Originally posted by @karoly-aczelWhen it comes to incarceration and capital punishment it must be limited to government authorities.
Justice is not limited by the 'authorities'
Originally posted by @karoly-aczelIncarceration.
What would you think is fair? Bed and breakfast (jail) ? A quick death?
Originally posted by @tom-wolseyNot in my bible.
The commandment is thou shalt not murder.
Most translations give "kill".
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This group hasn’t come to any agreed description of the circumstances that are violations of the command not to kill, not even reaching agreement on the process to be followed to come to such agreement, yet I’d bet that none of us would want to be left out of a real-world decision of such a matter.