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I graduated from a medical ethics program, and this ad is right on. It might have added an exception for cold-blooded murderers, who they say should not be put to death. "Kill babies, not murderers."

DeMar is making the application to America. You can make up your own mind.

"Tell that to some 12 year old girl that has been brutally raped by a guy that can afford to pay the fine."

Monetary restitution was not the only type of punishment for criminals under the Law of Moses, and Gary is not saying that it was. A rapist could be subject to physical punishment, possibly including execution, if that's what the victim wanted and the court approved: http://digestlawblog.christianciv.com/search/labe...

To all the "just preach the gospel" pastors: Your narrow definition of preaching the gospel (saving souls from hell) ignores the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20): "make disciples of all nations, teaching them to obey everything that I commanded." It's true that transformation of culture begins with transformed hearts, but if culture is never changed, then the hearts were little affected - "you shall know them by their fruit" (Matthew 7:16). The problem with the liberal social gospel movement is not that they tried to help the poor. They left out the gospel, like you say; but they also failed because they failed to follow God's laws about how to help the poor: http://www.christianciv.com/One-Third_campaign.ht...