If I were a judge with the authority to give people the death penalty, I would only hand down such a sentence because I was standing on a specific verse authorizing the death penalty for a specific crime.
There are no specific verses that authorize the death penalty for people who sexually assault children. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be a capital crime. Jesus said if a man causes a child to sin, it would be better for the man if a millstone was tied to his neck and it be thrown into the ocean with him. (Millstones, by the way, are extremely heavy, some weigh over 5000 lbs, for those who didn't know.)
Pedophilia (especially in cases of incest) causes children to sin, especially once their bodies hit puberty, because of the psychological trauma.
Therefore, I would issue the death penalty for rape that you mentioned. But when it comes to pedophiles who have a sexual desire for children but who never actually act on that desire, there is no verse authorizing the death penalty for that.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You're saying things I agree with. When I say "we don't put pedophiles and rapists and "child sex advocates" to death, I'm talking about those who are convicted of such things.
I'm not saying "execute them just because they are sexually attracted to children."
I'm saying "execute them if they have been convicted of committing a crime that falls under that."
Coveting isn't itself a crime, but it is part of a true criminal justice system, because it helps determine motive.
Any person who lusts after children (the motive), and because of it, does something to try to harm a child (the criminal act) should upon conviction of the crime be put to death.
That would be like sentencing someone for robbing a bank simply because he had a desire to rob a bank.
If someone desires to rob a bank, he cannot be charged. But if he starts planning out how to rob a bank with the intention of following through with it, that's a crime, and he should be punished accordingly.
Likewise, if someone desires to sexually assault a children, he cannot be charged with a crime (he'll stand before God on judgement day for it unless he repents, because it's a sin, but it's not a crime). But the moment he starts to interact with a child with that intention, he is guilty of committing a crime, and upon conviction, should be executed.
We don't have the biblical authority to prosecute someone's thoughts.
Never said we did.
There is not even a verse authorizing the death penalty for the sexual molestation of a child. I wish there was. But there just isn't.
"Do not commit adultery" isn't just a prohibition on a married man or woman having sex with someone other than their spouse. It's a prohibition on all sexual immorality, because sex is supposed to be between a husband and his wife, and no one else.
I think you'll find that there's plenty of material in the Bible that shows that pedophilia isn't just a sin, it's a crime.
And not only that, that it is deserving of the death penalty.
What does the Bible say about pedophilia / pederasty? Is there an occurence of molestation in the Bible? What would be the Bible’s punishment on a pedophile/paedophile?
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The molester would likely get "40 stripes minus one" and if he dies then, oh well, that's just the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.
The "40 stripes minus 1" isn't from God. That's man's legalism, a law around the law, implemented by man to avoid violating God's law.
What God actually said was that the judge should not give "more than forty lashes." (Deuteronomy 25:3), and doing more than that would be excessive and degrading.
I have commonly heard that 40 lashes were thought to be deadly and thus 39 were issued. It seems as though neither 40 nor 39 lashes had anything to do with the deadliness of the punishment in Jewis...
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