Subj : Re: OT Military To : All From : Cherokee Date : Tue Jan 14 2003 11:33 am I am simply arguing that our border security sucks and should be fixed. You seemed to argue that as long as the person just wants to pick oranges, it is ok for them to enter the country illegally. --- col sanders wrote: > > I thinkthis. You believe that a US Soldier killing an Iraqi soldier is OK because this is some sort of preemptive defensive attack and somehow defends our country, but killing a convicted murderer/rapist/kidnapper is not OK. You are full of contradictions. Last I checked, you have no authority to decide whether I can be a Christian and still support the death penalty. Baptist & Reflector—June 21, 2000 Resolution No. 5 On Capital Punishment WHEREAS, The Bible teaches that every human life has sacred value (Genes!wro:27) and forbids the taking of innocent human life (Exodus 20:13); and WHEREAS, God has vested in the civil magistrate the responsibility of protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty (Romans 13:1-3); and WHEREAS, We recognize that fallen human nature has made impossible a perfect judicial system; and WHEREAS, God authorized capital punishment for murder after the Noahic Flood, validating its legitimacy in hum .