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

  • derf82@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That isn’t talking about a secular death penalty, which has prescribed under the pentateuch such as at Numbers 35:16-20. Also, Romans is traditionally believed to be written by Paul and is not a gospel account.

    But what does it matter? Policy should not be based on the Bible.

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      1 year ago

      You keep going back to the old testament. That’s what Jesus came to rectify.

      Paul’s letters are definitely seen as the among the most consequential scriptures. But you’re right, it doesn’t matter. Everyone has their own interpretation anyway.

      Also, many of your fellow believers in the death penalty do believe that policy should be based on the bible. Just calling out the hypocrisy.