"The Bible says that evil cannot be negotiated with. It has to just be stopped," Warren said. "In fact, that is the legitimate role of government. The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers."
Without the full context, I'll withhold judgment.
But there are FOUR jurisdictions of government, ALL of which are to handle things differently.
First, the individual
Second, the family
Third, the church
Fourth, civil government
The purpose of civil government is to protect the innocent and condemn those who harm the innocent, take their life, liberty, property.
TRUE, PURE EVIL cannot be negotiated with, but as you and I know, most people, governments and situations are rarely and cut-and-dry case of PURE EVIL.
So in our constitutional republic, there's alot that needs to be taken into consideration.
Assasination was clearly used in the Old Testament, but is clearly absent (when carried out by human agency, through a legitimate due process) in the New Testament.
MANY tactics are not biblical that the US uses, such as embargoes. Embargoes ALWAYS harm women and children and the poor disproportionately and thus are wrong.
The draft is not biblical (and we've used THAT before).
