[Will-S]

The actual commandment states ‘thou shalt not murder.’ It appears from the Bible that ultimate value is place on innocent life, thus the ultimate price someone can pay for a crime is their life – the most valuable thing you posses. If you take that from someone, the equitable price to pay is with your own life. It is interesting, the first command given to Noah after the flood as reported in the Bible was ‘if man sheds blood (murders), then by man his blood must be shed.’ That is where the principle comes from that those in authority need to administer equitable justice – those that ‘murder’ must be ‘killed.’ It is key to define those terms, they’re not interchangable. Jesus later stated that indiviual believers must forgive, but he never vetoed any part of the law of Moses, he did fulfilled some, but that’s another discussion.

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Name : Will-S, Race : White/Caucasian, City : Burbank, State : CA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, 

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