QUOTE: “If I see a madman
driving a car into a group of innocent bystanders, then I can’t, as a
Christian, simply wait for the catastrophe and then comfort the wounded and bury
the dead. I must try to wrestle the steering wheel out of the hands of the
driver.”
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.
The quote is taken out of context here, and in no way supports the death penalty. Using Bonhöffer and/or his quotes to support the death penalty is a contradiction of his message. It is as if you were to say that fascists are communist. Killing those who have killed is not a right doing, it is merely revenge. Revenge is not Christian. Even if revenge is what you crave, it is not the righteous path, but rather the rigorous path of descent.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you do not understand, I use this quote not to talk about death penalty but to fight evildoers.
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