He didn’t like what I had to say about ragebait, so he attacks a complete different human and my fav NFL team (I know. Unfortunate lol)
After i told him “ok?” He responded with “that makes me happy”
It makes him happy that i acknowledged his opinion? Doesn’t take much I guess.
@sawyer_dm Deep question.
One thing for sure: if that is your interpretation of the Bible, I’m not here to change your mind. I’m not going to be upset at you for your interpretation, either. Because I believe it’s written for interpretation and there are ton of arguments for each side.
This whole thread is just people exchanging verses, adding what they think they mean.
The bible is just people’s justifications for their values and actions. Nothing more.
Sadly, the Pope is wrong.
The very reason that God required the death penalty in Genesis 9:6 is because man was created "in the image of God."
So human dignity requires that a guilty shedder-of-blood gets his blood shed by others.
@sawyer_dm I’m not trying to make any point other than the 3 popes were also not fans of the penalty. That’s it. It’s just interesting to me how the internet and X amplifies these disagreements massively, even though it’s been something that was suggested before Leo.
Pope John Paul II in 1999: death penalty is cruel and unnecessary
Pope Benedict XVI in 2011: encouraged efforts to eliminate capital punishment
Pope Francis in 2018: declared it inadmissible
Pope Leo today: same as Francis
@sawyer_dm No, I don’t have any thoughts on you specifically (not to make it sound like I wouldn’t care if something awful were to happen to you), just making observations.