The Bible says Thou Shalt not Kill. I have heard this used as a reason abortion is wrong. If you truly believe this then why is it ok to kill death row inmates? Why is it ok to drop bombs on people when you know they will die?
2006-07-21 07:01:52 · 53 answers · asked by courage 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a true Christian. I believe any form of abortion, death row executions, executing terrorist, bombing other countries and so on is wrong and against the only laws that truly have to be obey and that is the 10 commandments. You will find a lot of people today that claim that they are Christians, yet they believe in bombing other countries for our gain or abortions or executions. Those are the people that are bigits and hypocrits.
2006-07-21 07:09:25 · answer #1 · answered by navymilitarybrat76 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The correct translation of that command is Thou shalt not murder. However, even if it was thou shalt not kill it is a personal command to individuals. God never told the authorities not to execute prisoners or governments not to go to war. In the same passages where you find that command you also find the death penalty for transgressions of the law. In fact, way back in the days of Noah God said that if anyone killed another person their life would be forfeit at a result.
Abortion is the killing of a human being who is by definition innocent of any crime. People can justify it by saying that "the law" doesn't classify it as murder and so it isn't murder. But a legal definition doesn't over ride the truth about a situation. Taking the life of a helpless and innocent baby is murder whether it happens 5 minutes after the child was born and placed in the protective arms of a loving mother or if it happens 5 days before it would have been born when a doctor crushes it's skull and sucks out it's brains so that he can remove the corpse and throw it in the disposal bin.
2006-07-21 07:12:53 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are referencing Exodus 20, then the true meaning of the term "Thou shalt not kill" really refers to the prohibition of committing murder, which is one form of killing. The translation from the original Hebrew to English, especially 17th century literary English, is not totally correct. That is why you see a large number of crimes listed in the Pentateuch that carry the death penalty, and why you have scenes where the Prophet Samuel is hewing the king of the Ammonites. Therefore, in the context of pre-Rabbinical Judaism, certain forms of killing are allowed, even commissioned.
However, in the context of Christian scriptures, there appear to be a total prohibition on all killing, at least the intentional killing. The Sermon on the Mount explains that merely hating someone is paramount to murder. Also, the law of "an eye for an eye" is fulfilled to prohibit retrobution, which is a major justification of war and the death penalty.
The case of abortion is a bit more complex as that was never considered murder in the Hebrew scriptures, and it isn't really addressed in Christian scriptures as well. However, it would seem that Christianity would explicitly consider application of war and the death penalty to be erroneous.
I don't think that these go on because of a failure to understand the Sermon on the Mount. Individual persons are not in a position to declare war or execute criminals. However, I believe that the Christian religion is relatively incompatible with the requirements of governing a state where they have power to fight war and to punish criminals, something that was never designed by the early Church. It's simply the result of a fusion of the two that began in the 4th Century and never really resolved its conflicts.
2006-07-21 07:27:37 · answer #3 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, there are more religious beliefs in this world beside Christianity as you well know. You can not expect people who do not believe in something to follow it's rules, they have they're own rules to follow. Then there is the fact, that was already stated, that the bible contradicts itself, maybe because of translation issues (Kill VS. Murder), or the fact that "technically" it was written by different people. There is also the fact of interpretation, what you undestand by it, might not be what I do. And even people that "believe" spiritually sometimes realize that life today is not the same as it was 2000 years ago. Everything changes, somethings just do not apply anymore. People tend to interpret the bible to their convinience. That's why they find a reason for why something is right and wrong in different parts of the bible. I will not force my beliefs in others. I believe in the death penalty. I believe in defending our nation. I believe in the right to choose. I believe in God. I believe God loves me. I believe I will be judged. Humans are so contradictory, and yet God loves us.
So anyway, before I get all boring, confusing and preachy here (maybe I already did? LOL) Let's say that in the end we will know the truth. And you atheist guys should be good, just in case.
Wow. I bored myself writing this. I am much better verbally, that's the truth.
2006-07-21 07:29:12 · answer #4 · answered by Dante 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you are atheist or a Christian, but regardless your question is a legitimate one. Man has been killing since the beginning of time (Cain and Abel.) God, himself condoned some killings in the Old Testaments. When Moses parted the Red Sea, all the Jews crossed safely, but the waters came back and drowned all the Egyptian Soldiers chasing them. Joshua killed many many people on orders from God, even women, children and live stock. The entire story is in Exodus. I have no good answer for this, although I at times have wondered, but I am not supposed to question God' actions.
2006-07-21 07:09:55 · answer #5 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a look ahead to a watch, a enamel for a enamel, particularly isn't telling you to get even. as a results of fact the Bible teaches us to forgive seven situations seven. The Bible additionally taught the regulation of sacrifice, the place people sacrificed different residing issues to tutor their obedience. After that obedience grew to become into recognized the Lord commanded us to now not sacrifice in that way. for that reason the commandment thou shall not kill! That being reported you truthfully can not use the Bible as a protection to kill.
2016-11-02 11:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many arguements for this. I would like to say that the "Christian" country that we're supposed to be dissappears when we need it to. Though the bible does say that some people should die, it also says do not pass judgement as it is the "Lord's" job. The creation and use of the Atomic Bomb is a great example; many died, innocent or not.
2006-07-21 07:15:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We kill out of fear and for the sake of wanting to keep things in check. The bible also asks of the believers not to judge so how can you term anything right or wrong? Basically it says to be unafraid and loving, but that scares a whole lot of people almost to death!
2006-07-21 07:08:15 · answer #8 · answered by groovusy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are using a political agenda for Christian answers. Politics and Christianity have nothing in common. Who do you think most of the pacifists in the USA are? They are the Christian community. If you wanted to get really technical in the Old Testament it says An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. That changed when Jesus was on the earth and taught that He came to fulfill the law. The ongoing thing is we don''t live in the Old Testament times but New Testament times. A.D.
2006-07-21 07:10:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A more accurate rendering would be "thou shalt not murder".
On the first two you are correct we would be wrongfully taking a life.
In war we are defending ourselves, the oppressed or our nation.
In the case of Iraq, we are defending the Christians that Saddam put through the chipper/shredder or the townspeople who were massacred by Him for opposing him. Or the honest worker in a market who gets blown up by AL QUIDA.
2006-07-21 07:09:00 · answer #10 · answered by Makemeaspark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋