tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20271097.post8577166015569297345..comments2023-05-11T05:33:36.857-04:00Comments on Persecuted Church Weblog: Does reading the Bible make you a bad jurist?Greg Musselmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15224965213121759243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20271097.post-17979852441369163672009-10-15T22:45:10.202-04:002009-10-15T22:45:10.202-04:00Indeed, Glenn. Jesus also says that we are to &qu...Indeed, Glenn. Jesus also says that we are to "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and to God what is God's". If Caesar (ie the government) asks us to do our civic duty and serve on a jury (and provided that which "Caesar" asks us to do is not in direct opposition to our faith, as Paul says) then we are to do so, and represent Christ there as we are representing Him everywhere else.David Kendallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20271097.post-20328529340453291542009-10-13T11:55:51.556-04:002009-10-13T11:55:51.556-04:00Anonymous, that is certainly a novel interpretatio...Anonymous, that is certainly a novel interpretation of Jesus' words, but I am pretty sure that this is not what He meant. Besides, jury duty is not optional; it is a legal duty that one is required by law to respond to.Glenn Pennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775729921874246091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20271097.post-79491889305728845332009-10-13T11:07:11.070-04:002009-10-13T11:07:11.070-04:00You are forgetting something about serving as a ju...You are forgetting something about serving as a juror: Do not judge and you will not be judged. Pardon and you will be pardoned. i do not believe that a Christian has any place in serving as a juror. When the mob had assembled to stone the woman caught in the act of adultery, what did the Lord say to them, and in turn, to the woman?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20271097.post-62670061640772330892009-10-13T10:29:08.660-04:002009-10-13T10:29:08.660-04:00Having recently served on the jury for a criminal ...Having recently served on the jury for a criminal case, I can attest that as a Christian, of course, it is impossible to leave one's faith (and worldview) at home - on a jury or for any other reason for that matter. I have to wonder if the rules are different in the US - we were not allowed to discuss with anyone (not even the judge, lawyers et al) what went on in the deliberations, ie. none of 'how we came (or in our case did not come) to the decision' was not fair game for outsiders' knowledge. <br /><br />Where would 'they' expect to find unbiased jurrors? Everyone has a bias of some sort - we are one dangerous ground when certain biases are singled out as "biased" and others are stamped as not. <br /><br />No one, not Christian, Muslim, Atheist, animist, et al. can leave their faith (or lack thereof) at home - it is the filter and colouring agent through which our entire existence flows - I wouldn't have it any other way! Christ is my LIFE, not just a hat I wear from time to time.Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665135517742271045noreply@blogger.com