True Christians should support the death penalty.

To respond to your New Testament quotes: (Please note that I cannot comment on every passage only because we are using different versions of the Bible, and I never said that the King James version was "better", I only said I was using it so there are some big differences in translation.) In the scriptures God commands some to kill others. I know this. In fact in the Book of Mormon, (I am a mormon, I'm using this as an example) one of the prophets is commanded to kill someone else within the first book! But my point is Christ was agianst capital punishment in the standard law of MAN. No one can limit God. As you say "That was a right time to kill: when God commands it." But Christ spoke against the idea that Man could command death upon each other. My interrepretation is different from yours when discussing Acts 25:11. Again I feel that Paul is talking about the law of God, and if this is broken than Paul says he would accept death as a punishment. Law of God is different than the law of man. Take a look at John 8:1-11 when the teachers of the law and the Pharisees questioned Jesus trying to trap him to have a basis for accusing him verse 6 asked him about take a look at verses 4 and 5 to see the question and the penalty, death by stoning for the woman caught in adultery. His reply has become the famous verse that the people use to tell people off for standing up against the corruption in the Church, by saying we are not to judge using"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" in reality he was condemning the death penalty not saying you should not speak out against corruption. Yes, he did teach us not to judge, but to judge is to point things out and casting a verdict at the same time, like condemning someone to hell or saying they will surely be in heaven. That is a whole other issue. Jesus knew that all men was guilty of death by the law, so he took that punishment for all man-kind. He took your punishment not only physically but gave you a way to live for ever spiritually. It is thought in the churches that, he died so we would not have to. Yet the churches are the main ones who support the use of the death penalty. They can get out and lobby against abortion, they can get out their and lobby to keep a piece of rock up in the court houses. Ask them to protest the war or lobby to abolish the death penalty they will tell you off and tell you the death penalty is necessary. Tell them that Jesus Christ did not support the use of the death penalty they call you a liar! Just like the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, they worship God in vain, giving lip service but by their actions they are making war on the truth and the true way. True Christianity does not support the death penalty or war. Here is another scripture they use to justify it, Romans 13. Well the law of the land says the death penalty is to be used in certain cases, but guess what that is only if the law of the land is not in contradiction to the laws of God. The laws of the land says you have a right to lobby to get the laws changed or made if you want. They do not realize that a silent tongue is just as bad as going against it. So people please if you love Jesus Christ please speak up and lobby to get the death penalty abolished, you have the right and responsibility to do so. Jesus taught about charity and love for our fellow man. Turn the other cheek. No more "eye for an eye" philosophy. Thank you.