Let's start with "Thou shalt not kill" ok?
Actually the bible and the law are very in tune with each other when it comes to that, also-
You can kill to defend yourself.. in both places.
You can kill to protect someone else from imminent harm, in both places..
O yeah and "judge not, lest ye be judged" falls hand in hand with "innocent until proven guilty"..
That's questionable for both theological and historical reasons. Jesus instructed his audience to not resist an evil person and retracted the "eye for an eye" philosophy in Mathew 5. We know the earliest disciples did not engage in violence when they were attacked and murdered by both the Temple employees and Rome. Christianity, as an institution did not use violence at all until centuries after Jesus spoke to the crowds and even then not all Christians agreed violence for self defense, or any other reason, was acceptable. It only happened after the State (under Constantine) incorporated some tenets of Christianity into its official religion.
Eh even thats debatable.. I think there were certain instances when Jesus wanted us to turn the other cheek, and certain instances when killing was acceptable, if in self defense or defense of the common good. Jesus may seem like a very black and white person, but I think that there is much gray area that is also seen by our Lord, some of which was spelled out to us, and some of which we have to ascertain on our own..
The "judge not lest ye be judged" is at odds with the "innocent until proven guilty" because it specifically addresses those who are known to be guilty and its application is saying to forgive the guilty because none are truly innocent.
What I am trying to say about this, is that homosexuals openly admit to being homosexual. If they are guilty of a sin in God's eyes, and should be judged by him, then people should not wish them to have bad fortune or death, etc..
Also, homosexuality is not a crime. People should not be treated like criminals when no crime took place.
It just blows my mind how so many American Christians focus on homosexuality. The issue was so terribly crucially import to Jesus he never spoke on the matter. So how the hell did we get to the point today where some Christians act like homosexuality is the only issue mentioned in the New Testament? It almost looks like they believe forgiveness from God is based mainly on how many times they can lie about gays and you get promoted to higher levels of Heaven for every 100 times you say how much you hate gays. Lewis Black has a really funny short bit about it.
Well said!