What has been secular societys effect on the Biblical way?
The church began to take on secular views during the time of Constantine around 350 A.D. The Emperor Constantine made Christianity the state religion, but in so doing, he infected the church with a human institution, laying the foundation for the current Christian view of criminal justice. He didn’t consecrate his life or the state to God. Today, the falsely-interpreted “separation of church and state” doctrine does the same. The intention of the first amendment was not to remove Godly values and ethics from our criminal justice system. I believe the Biblical way is to incorporate Scriptural principles of grace, mercy and forgiveness in providing alternatives to the death penalty. I know Jesus said we should ” render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s,” but He wasn’t co-signing Caesar’s actions that were contrary to the Word of God. It’s important to ask ourselves what Jesus would do concerning capital punishment, regardless of the governm