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Rock n' Roll Doggie
U2 Kitten, I understand your feelings, believe me. I respect them too. 
I can tell you have a good heart. First of all, there is no verse in the Bible that says anything about child killing. Secondly, murder is a forgivable sin! The Apostle Paul murdered someone. Many people that God used did. Murder, having an abortion, adultery, divorce, etc. are all forgivable. In fact, my wife had an abortion before I met her. However, she's asked for forgiveness and Christ has cleansed her of that, and has helped her get over the grief and depression she experienced afterward. She now helps other women who are considering abortion. God is using her! Her doctor also told her she wouldn't be able to have children because of her abortion and how it screwed her up. But we have two boys!! I see her growing more in Christ every day and it makes me love her, and him, more at the same time.
To blaspheme the Holy Spirit, or to say that Christ and his work are satanic and truly mean it, are unforgivable. To say no to God with all your heart, not just being angry with him or doubting him, but knowing he exists and totally going against him is unforgivable. A sin is just going against God's commands, but the ultimate sin is not accepting forgiveness and continuing in a life that goes against his plan for you. It's actually pretty hard to commit the ultimate sin. We're talking a black heart here.
Anyone who is genuinely concerned that they've committed the unforgivable sin hasn't done so.
However, if you've murdered someone, no matter how bad it was, if you genuinely ask Christ for forgiveness, ask him into your heart and confess him as your Lord, you're forgiven! Pretty powerful huh? You will most likely have to pay any penalty here on Earth, but through God's grace given to us by his son's death on the cross, we can enter into heaven despite our sin. God meets us where we're at as long as we call out to him. He knows we can change. He built us that way! As far as being a deterrent, it's been proven to have no effect. If someone's going to kill, they're already thinking they're going to get away with it. Plus, it's not really fair to compare homeless people with inmates who've murdered. They're two separate problems. Does killing murderers equate to food and shelter for the homeless? Nope. In fact, like I said earlier, there are hundreds of thousands of tax dollars wasted with all the appeals after some one is sentenced to death. Those dollars could instead be used to house and feed the homeless if there were no death penalty.
I was in Amnesty International when I was at K-State. We brought in a woman whose pregnant sister and brother-in-law were murdered by some punk kid. Although they were brutally murdered, she's firmly against the death penalty, and for many of the reasons I've already posted. The main on of which was she didn't want her sister's life to be remembered by another death. Also, she said she couldn't find it in her heart to forgive the person, and then allow him to die. Forgiveness, she said, is what has set her free. Not another death.
To blaspheme the Holy Spirit, or to say that Christ and his work are satanic and truly mean it, are unforgivable. To say no to God with all your heart, not just being angry with him or doubting him, but knowing he exists and totally going against him are unforgivable. A sin is just going against God's commands, but the ultimate sin is not accepting forgiveness and continuing in a life that goes against his plan for you.
Anyone who is geniunley concerned that they've committed the unforgivable sin hasn't done so.
However, if you've murdered someone, no matter how bad it was, if you genuinley ask Christ for forgiveness, ask him into your heart and confess him as your Lord, you're forgiven! Pretty powerful huh? You will most likely have to pay any penalty here on Earth, but through God's grace given to us by his son's death on the cross, we can enter into heaven despite our sin. God meets us where we're at as long as we call out to him. He knows we can change. He built us that way! As far as being a deterent, it's been proven to have no effect. If someone's going to kill, they're already thinking they're going to get away with it. Plus, it's not really fair to compare homeless people with inmates who've murdered. They're two seperate problems. Does killing murderers equate to food and shelter for the homeless? Nope. In fact, like I said earlier, there are hundreds of thousands of tax dollars wasted with all the appeals after some one is sentenced to death. Those dollars could instead be used to house and feed the homeless if there were no death penalty.
I was in Amnesty International when I was at K-State. We brought in a woman whose pregnant sister and brother-in-law were murdered by some punk kid. Although they were brutally murdered, she's firmly against the death penalty, and for many of the reasons I've already posted. The main on of which was she didn't want her sister's life to be remembered by another death. Also, she said she couldn't find it in her heart to forgive the person, and then allow him to die. Forgiveness, she said, is what has set her free. Not another death.
I can tell you have a good heart. First of all, there is no verse in the Bible that says anything about child killing. Secondly, murder is a forgivable sin! The Apostle Paul murdered someone. Many people that God used did. Murder, having an abortion, adultery, divorce, etc. are all forgivable. In fact, my wife had an abortion before I met her. However, she's asked for forgiveness and Christ has cleansed her of that, and has helped her get over the grief and depression she experienced afterward. She now helps other women who are considering abortion. God is using her! Her doctor also told her she wouldn't be able to have children because of her abortion and how it screwed her up. But we have two boys!! I see her growing more in Christ every day and it makes me love her, and him, more at the same time.To blaspheme the Holy Spirit, or to say that Christ and his work are satanic and truly mean it, are unforgivable. To say no to God with all your heart, not just being angry with him or doubting him, but knowing he exists and totally going against him is unforgivable. A sin is just going against God's commands, but the ultimate sin is not accepting forgiveness and continuing in a life that goes against his plan for you. It's actually pretty hard to commit the ultimate sin. We're talking a black heart here.
Anyone who is genuinely concerned that they've committed the unforgivable sin hasn't done so.
However, if you've murdered someone, no matter how bad it was, if you genuinely ask Christ for forgiveness, ask him into your heart and confess him as your Lord, you're forgiven! Pretty powerful huh? You will most likely have to pay any penalty here on Earth, but through God's grace given to us by his son's death on the cross, we can enter into heaven despite our sin. God meets us where we're at as long as we call out to him. He knows we can change. He built us that way! As far as being a deterrent, it's been proven to have no effect. If someone's going to kill, they're already thinking they're going to get away with it. Plus, it's not really fair to compare homeless people with inmates who've murdered. They're two separate problems. Does killing murderers equate to food and shelter for the homeless? Nope. In fact, like I said earlier, there are hundreds of thousands of tax dollars wasted with all the appeals after some one is sentenced to death. Those dollars could instead be used to house and feed the homeless if there were no death penalty.
I was in Amnesty International when I was at K-State. We brought in a woman whose pregnant sister and brother-in-law were murdered by some punk kid. Although they were brutally murdered, she's firmly against the death penalty, and for many of the reasons I've already posted. The main on of which was she didn't want her sister's life to be remembered by another death. Also, she said she couldn't find it in her heart to forgive the person, and then allow him to die. Forgiveness, she said, is what has set her free. Not another death.
To blaspheme the Holy Spirit, or to say that Christ and his work are satanic and truly mean it, are unforgivable. To say no to God with all your heart, not just being angry with him or doubting him, but knowing he exists and totally going against him are unforgivable. A sin is just going against God's commands, but the ultimate sin is not accepting forgiveness and continuing in a life that goes against his plan for you.
Anyone who is geniunley concerned that they've committed the unforgivable sin hasn't done so.
However, if you've murdered someone, no matter how bad it was, if you genuinley ask Christ for forgiveness, ask him into your heart and confess him as your Lord, you're forgiven! Pretty powerful huh? You will most likely have to pay any penalty here on Earth, but through God's grace given to us by his son's death on the cross, we can enter into heaven despite our sin. God meets us where we're at as long as we call out to him. He knows we can change. He built us that way! As far as being a deterent, it's been proven to have no effect. If someone's going to kill, they're already thinking they're going to get away with it. Plus, it's not really fair to compare homeless people with inmates who've murdered. They're two seperate problems. Does killing murderers equate to food and shelter for the homeless? Nope. In fact, like I said earlier, there are hundreds of thousands of tax dollars wasted with all the appeals after some one is sentenced to death. Those dollars could instead be used to house and feed the homeless if there were no death penalty.
I was in Amnesty International when I was at K-State. We brought in a woman whose pregnant sister and brother-in-law were murdered by some punk kid. Although they were brutally murdered, she's firmly against the death penalty, and for many of the reasons I've already posted. The main on of which was she didn't want her sister's life to be remembered by another death. Also, she said she couldn't find it in her heart to forgive the person, and then allow him to die. Forgiveness, she said, is what has set her free. Not another death.
