Should we use the Bible as penal law book?

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English is not my native language, I’m sorry for any misspellings.

I’m in my way to apply for law school and come one step closer to my dream of becoming a lawyer, and now I have question that come in my mind.

Can we use the Bible, especially the Old testament as penal law book? i.e Death penalty for two adults have sexual contact out of marriage. Death penalty for homosexual acts. Working on Saturday (Sunday) illegal and who do work should face death penalty.

God bless you all 🙂
 
bsroufek said:
There are some issues with some of the OT laws.
I have developed a Basic Set of laws from the Christian/Catholic and Biblical Perspective
here:

righteousnation.wordpress.com

Hope this helps.
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Firstly, When I asked my question I was waiting for a biblical answer that allow us to use the OT laws, also not change the laws to fit this age, I mean the same exact laws that are in the OT, just like what is happening in Afghanistan and Iran…etc.

Secondly, What do you mean by…
  1. Homosexual acts are unlawful; so is transsexual surgery
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Should we put gays in jail? What about transsexual surgery? It is proven medically that sometimes some people need this type of surgery.
  1. Abortion is murder, always, and murder is unlawful.
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There is time when abortion is lawful, when the Mother will die if she keep the baby? Or that is illegal too?!

other than that I think your list is good 🙂
God bless
 
TheBreak said:
Should we put gays in jail?
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SSA is not inherently sinful. It’s certainly a disordered attraction, but only homosexual acts are actually sinful.
There is time when abortion is lawful, when the Mother will die if she keep the baby? Or that is illegal too?!
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Abortion is NEVER okay. That said, the Church won’t condemn a doctor if death of the baby is an unfortunate side effect of a surgery. So if the options are:
  1. Do nothing and risk both lives
  2. Perform a surgery that would save the mother but risk killing the baby
    or 3) Abortion
    then the Church (I think) is fine with the first TWO, provided they don’t go into the surgery with an intent of purposely aborting the baby.
 
TheBreak said:
English is not my native language, I’m sorry for any misspellings.

I’m in my way to apply for law school and come one step closer to my dream of becoming a lawyer, and now I have question that come in my mind.

Can we use the Bible, especially the Old testament as penal law book? i.e Death penalty for two adults have sexual contact out of marriage. Death penalty for homosexual acts. Working on Saturday (Sunday) illegal and who do work should face death penalty.

God bless you all 🙂
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It would be wrong to reinstate the Old Testament death penalty laws. Those laws were temporary and did not perfectly reflect the mercy of God, and God made that clear in several ways, not least of which is, He promised that one day He would give us a new covenant with a new law that is unlike the old law. Jesus repealed the death penalty laws in John 8:2-11. God does not delight in the death of the wicked, but rather that they should repent, and therefore Christians are not permitted to return to the old imperfect law that punished so many sins with death.
 
TheBreak said:
English is not my native language, I’m sorry for any misspellings.

I’m in my way to apply for law school and come one step closer to my dream of becoming a lawyer, and now I have question that come in my mind.

Can we use the Bible, especially the Old testament as penal law book? i.e Death penalty for two adults have sexual contact out of marriage. Death penalty for homosexual acts. Working on Saturday (Sunday) illegal and who do work should face death penalty.

God bless you all 🙂
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you seem kinda death penalty obsessed.

you could use anything as a model code, but the question is, why would you want to use the OT?
 
There is obviously a big difference between religious laws within a particular religion and civil laws among people of all religions and no religion.

So, no, we shouild not use the Bible as a penal law book.
 
Michael_Mayo said:
There is obviously a big difference between religious laws within a particular religion and civil laws among people of all religions and no religion.

So, no, we shouild not use the Bible as a penal law book.
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the OT doesn’t clearly distinguish between civil and criminal law, since the Law itself was handed down by God and the Israelites had a theocratic culture.

the OP has a bizarre notion, I hope he explains it.
 
Awwwww I’m " death penalty obsessed ".

Look, I come from Muslim background, in Islam there is something called Sharia law, where death penalty is allowed for many crimes, I wanted to make sure that there no other “sharia” law in Christianity as well. I already know that Christians are very less to want religious laws to be the base of criminal law, but I had to make sure.

PS: I’m so against death penalty and I planing in fight against it when I become a lawyer, but really I find is cute and funny the idea that I’m " death penalty obsessed ". Thanks, you made my day 😉
 
TheBreak said:
Awwwww I’m " death penalty obsessed ".

Look, I come from Muslim background, in Islam there is something called Sharia law, where death penalty is allowed for many crimes, I wanted to make sure that there no other “sharia” law in Christianity as well. I already know that Christians are very less to want religious laws to be the base of criminal law, but I had to make sure.

PS: I’m so against death penalty and I planing in fight against it when I become a lawyer, but really I find is cute and funny the idea that I’m " death penalty obsessed ". Thanks, you made my day 😉
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you mentioned the death penalty several times in a short post; you didn’t mention OT oath taking or property distribution or obligations to care for the widow or foreigner. when and if you become a lawyer, you pick up on hints like that: people talk about what’s important. so, you’re DP obsessed and I blog about scotch.

I’m totally for the DP. see you in court.
 
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