Death Penalty

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>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Ingalls <dwi@borg.com> writes:

    Doug> Doris Ross wrote:
    >>  >DI > Show some NT support of the death penalty.
    >> 
    >> what about Ananias and Sapphira?? They were punished by death
    >> for lying.

    Doug> God chose the death penalty, not a man.

Show some NT passage that nullifies the OT scriptures in favor of the
death penalty, which was present in numerous instances.  Do not count
individual forgivings by Jesus on the same grounds as above: he *IS*
God.  If Jesus gave a comandment, on the other hand, that would be a
valid reference.

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