Recounting his conversion story, Pacquiao once claimed that he heard the
This is why it is simplistic to argue that Christians should not support the death penalty just because it is no longer in the New Testament. In reality, verses from both Old and New Testaments have been lifted to justify positions for and against the death penalty.to once and for all declare the Catholic Church’s rejection of the death penalty. For the Catholic Church, it is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person”.
In this light, to call for the eradication of religious talk in politics and the public sphere will not work. Religious talk is not the problem. The problem arises when the public sphere is hijacked by only one mode of religious thinking. Commentators made the mistake of attacking the President’s false dichotomy. They should have instead seen that for Duterte, some lives are more important than others.
If only we stick to reasons and be reasonable people. Doesn’t matter what law to pass, let’s debate on it intelligently; don’t be holier-than-thou with a Bible to justify for or against it. Preachers & religious agenda in the mix, sucks! It’s a slippery slope once we allow it!
sofiacclvi High-horsed hypocrite. Exhibit A.
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