> On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, Jason C. Munroe wrote:
>
> > I'm curious, Sam. Does Greg Bahnsen and his ministry have the
> > same Christian Reconstructionist position as you do? Or are your
> > CR views that of your own and do not necessarily represent the
> > views of all Christians working in your ministry organization?
> >
> > - Jason
> >
>
> The main goal of CR is to reconstruct a nation that is covenanted to God
> and whose judicial, cultural, educational, and religious spheres, among
> the others (science, etc) are based on the Biblical WV and law as
> revealed in the OT and NT. This would result in a nation that is
> self-conciously fashioned after the Biblical model of life, both
> corporately and individually.
>
> The capital punishment of blasphemy by stoning (or another method) would
> require the testimony of two witnesses to the crime. Also, the witnesses
> are required by Biblical law to cast the first stones. Execution is not
> summary; there must be a conviction by due process of law with the
> standards above.
>
> I believe Bahnsen and other leaders hold to this view (they may not have
> expressed it as vocally as I have) in their writings (see Theonomy in
> Christian Ethics by Bahnsen, or The Insitutes of the Christian
> Religion by R.J. Rushdoony). It would be inconsistent for Bahnsen to
> distance himself from this law/punishment in the Bible. I therefore
> believe that he does, even though I have not personally asked him.
>
> I am not ashamed nor embarrassed of the Law of God and its punishments.
> Unlike Gryphon, I will not concede that any of you have a valid POV
> apart from God's Law - all the atheist can ever assert is arbitrariness
> and inconsistency in ethics, science, law, culture, etc.
>
> I personally hope that you believe I have labored to tell the truth to
> you concerning the Law of God. Perhaps I have made some mistakes in my
> delivery (the initial motive was to see if anyone on the newsgroup held
> to any relativistic ethics - I guess not). However, I told you the
> truth in all its truthfulness according to the Bible.
>
> I might rejoin the newsgroup in December for a week or two just to see
> how things are going. I don't plan to discuss much further. I've said
> all I can and these things can last forever (as you have seen, I've
> pretty much become the center of the debate).
>
>
> I wish you the best, Jason, and I will continually pray for you. I hope
> you come to the faith one day, and believe that the Xtian God is the one
> true God and that Christ is the only way, the only truth, and the only
> life in salvation.
>
> In Christ's love,
>
> Sam Krishna
> Hebrews 12:1, 2
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