Death Penalty

89whiteandnerdy wrote:The Moral Laws are the principles behind the Judicial Laws! I think that's what you've been missing. The Judicial Laws were merely how the Moral Laws were enforced.

Amen!

Legolas Greenleaf wrote:I believe that the Judicial law is binding today in principle. I believe that as specifics the laws applied only to Israel. However as principles they are binding upon all nations. Sorting out how those principles apply is another matter.....

and here is another quote from earlier in the thread:

Legolas Greenleaf wrote:I'm saying that Exodus 21 & 22 which is the case laws for the 10 commandments apply as well.
Where can you find that those laws were only for Israel?

Legolas, can you explain this inconsistency?

[quote="89whiteandnerdy"]

Legolas Greenleaf wrote:I'm saying that Exodus 21 & 22 which is the case laws for the 10 commandments apply as well.
Where can you find that those laws were only for Israel?

At the time I wrote this I did not have well developed views on the subject. Discussion on this forum has clarified thinking. Regardless.... I expressed my self badly here. I was not intending to imply that those laws word for word apply to all nations. Obviously laws such as, if you steal an ox you pay back 5 and if you steal a sheep pay back 4, etc. do not apply directly to our non agragaeral society. So what appears to be an inconsistency is a combination of unclear language and slightly unclear thinking.

If you want to say it's an inconsistency that's fine. If so, I have changed my position. (I hope it's ok to be persuaded of something and change your position. That's the whole point isn't........so if you want mark up a point for yourself )