re when are two people married in god s e in article may athos rutgers edu gt b prism gatech edu randal lee nicholas mandock writes i am not against capital punishment i feel this way because god is not only a god of love but a god of justice as we christians are the instruments of his will here on earth we are expected to be true to the mandate given us by the lord to judge the actions of our fellow man my favorite scriptural reference in this regard is romans let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities for there is no authority except from god and those that exist have been established by god therefore whoever resists authority opposes what god has appointed and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves my views reflect the teaching of the roman catholic church i would say only to the extent that the roman catholic church neither approves nor disapproves of capital punishment as confirmed in the recent catechism though there are many rcs who were rather surprised and upset that capital punishment was not explicitly condemned for myself as a catholic i see my own opposition to capital punishment as much the same as my opposition to abortion a reverence for life here in the uk the anti abortion case is often let down by the explicit link which those on the political left make with anti abortionists and pro executionists there is a tendency to condemn people who hold both views as hypocrites i feel that if there were many more anti abortionists who were also vocal in their opposition to capital punishment on a pro life line it would end this kneejerk association of anti abortion as a right wing thing and get many to think seriously about the issue there are plenty who are pro abortion equally for a kneejerk left wing reason i do not think your biblical quote can automatically be taken as support for capital punishment i take it that as a roman catholic you are opposed to abortion and would still onsider it wrong and something to be objected to even if legalised by authority matthew huntbach
