DIETRICH BONHOEFFER AGAINST EVIL [CHRISTIAN QUOTE FOR THE DEATH PENALTY ~ APRIL 9, 2014]

 

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.quoteswave.com/picture-quotes/410567)

QUOTE: Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

AUTHOR: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈboːnhœfɐ]; February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi and founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and many have labelled his book The Cost of Discipleship a modern classic.

Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer became known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship. He strongly opposed Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was also involved in plans by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and executed by hanging in April 1945 while imprisoned at a Nazi concentration camp, just 23 days before the German surrender.

APPLICATION: Although this quote does not directly refer to capital punishment or fighting crime, we the comrades of Unit 1012, love to use this quote. It is because it reminds the justice system that when innocent people are murdered, it is the moral duty for the judges of the state to sentence killers to death if they are guilty of the crime. Otherwise, they will all answer to God for letting evil triumph.