Comments on OSV Daily Take: Capital punishment and Church teaching

Dudley is correct. And further, the current posit...

2009-11-08T15:28:43.512-05:00

Dudley is correct. And further, the current position on the death penalty from Rome will one day vanish as it should since it was a strategy within the seamless garment of life idea to get secular liberals to love the church and thus give up abortion in gratitude which strategy failed like all get out.

If one actually reads Evangelium Vitae, one sees that John Paul II saw the Cain

Yes, God forbid the execution of Cain, but then He...

2009-11-08T10:06:30.829-05:00

Yes, God forbid the execution of Cain, but then He executed all of umankind, except for Noah and his family.

He executed all of humankind because they were sinners, the overwlemhing majority of who had never murdered anyone.

I am very familiar with Recinella and his book. W...

2009-11-08T10:03:41.801-05:00

I am very familiar with Recinella and his book.

We have had several exchanges. He is a very poor source.

Try this: The title is a bit misleading, There are many Christian scholars as well as a few secular ones.

"Death Penalty Support: Modern Catholic Scholars"

http://prodpinnc.blogspot.com/2009/07/

No, God does not contradict himself. But one thing...

2009-11-07T23:02:09.641-05:00

No, God does not contradict himself. But one thing we must understand that God speaks to socially and culturally changing circumstances. E.g. He specifically forbid humans to execute the brother murderer Kain.

I highly recommend Recinella, D. The Biblical Truth about America's Death Penalty, North Eastern University Press, Lebanon, NH. This book analyses in great detail all the

I would ask the Bishop to consider the following: ...

2009-11-07T15:00:37.113-05:00

I would ask the Bishop to consider the following:

God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Whoever curses father or mother must certainly be put to death.' Mathew 15:4

Jesus: "So Pilate said to (Jesus), "Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?" Jesus answered (him), &