The Justices spar over the constitutionality of the death penalty

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(06-30-2015, 02:15 AM)Benton Wrote: Eh, he wasn't saying if you commit violence the state should kill you. Good attempt at perverting the passage. What Jesus said was that if you live by violence, you will have violence done unto you. If you're referring to Matthew specifically, he was warning Matthew to abandon violence.

Jesus did not advocate killing anyone. Ever.

First of all I take offense to the term perverting a passage; as the bible and God's word is open to interpretation.  Of course Jesus advocated peace; where did I say he advocated killing anyone? He merely issued a warning.

Question: Why did he warn man (actually the man in Matthew was Simon Peter) to "abandon violence"?

Answer: Because if they live by violence they will be judged by violence. It is mentioned again in Revolations.