Originally Posted by theo_victis
anyone can feel free to answer. Based on Turbo's view, should this man be put to death?
Turbo responded with this:
No. Even according to the laws God set up for Israel, none of the things you listed were capital crimes.
Lets look at the Bible concerning adultery.
Leviticus 20:10 (New International Version)
10 " 'If a man commits adultery with another man's wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
Proverbs 6:32 (New International Version)
32 But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever does so destroys himself.
I asked and you responded:
TheoQ5: What are things that should mandate the DP?
Turbo A-TheoQ5: Capital crimes. These include murder, rape, adultery, homosexual conduct, bestiality, kidnapping, falsely accusing another of a capital crime.
Turbo stated:
I've chosen to mainly focus on murder because the topic of this debate is whether or not Christians should support the death penalty, and murder is the most obvious crime deserving of death. Seeing as though you don't even think murderers should be executed, I don't think a discussion about whether adulterers should be put to death would be productive.
Turbo also stated:
thousand years prior to the two examples you gave, God forgave David for committing murder and adultery. Yet in doing so, you acknowledge that God did not negate his commandments that murderers and adulterers be put to death. The same is true of the two New Testament example you cited.
So Turbo, did you change your mind about adultery then? Is it or isnt it a capital offense?
What this man did is considered adultery:
Romans 7:1-3 (New International Version)
1Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? 2For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. 3So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.
Even if this person had actually committed adultery, it would not be right to execute him because adultery is not currently a capital crime in this nation.
Interesting, does this apply to the DP as well?
