when GOD says thou shalt not kill?

Question

did he mean the animals as well and if so which ones was he meaning

Answer 1

To be true to the word: It is says thou shall not kill. It didnt say though that "Thou shall not kill Humans." Animals have God given life too.

Strange that when the text is interpretted not to our liking or doesn't suit our purpose, we claim it is wrong understanding, but when it IS to our liking its then called word of god.

Answer 2

Unless He designed us to eat dirt and minerals, if we were to eat at all we would have to kill--vegetarians get cut some slack because some of what they eat, such as fruit, usually does not kill the tree. The foods we eat have all been the life of other living things at one point, except for things like salt and water. If you can spot the "thou shalt not kill" and not see the animal sacrifices made on the other instructions or the descriptions of "giving meat to eat", then you are reading the book a little too narrowly. That would be like looking into the US Constitution and stopping at those words "Congress shall make no law".

Answer 3

NO. Man has dominion over the animals and in the OT it states the reason men can KILL!!!!!!! I think it means you don't have to right to kill indicriminately, but if the cousils deems you fit for execution, it is justified. Some pastor read a passage justifying not only capitol punishment but also the justification of murdering someone later found to be innocent.

Hopefully a real Christian will know this passage, but yeah...its not that cut and dry.

Answer 4

God said thou shalt not murder. They were commanded to kill those who broke the commandements and to kill animals for sacrifices. God sees a difference between killing and murder.

Answer 5

No, that command is strictly human vs. human killing. All animals are okay to kill, for use in sacrifice, clothing, building and decorative materials, and food, or for self-defense.

However, that does not include mindless slaughter, since dominion was given to mankind over the animals. Just as a king has dominion over his peasants, and an approvable king will use his dominion to protect his peasants, likewise will a decent person use his dominion to protect animals.

The king may have to send some of his peasants to death for the good of the kingdom (ie in war), so too must we send some animals to death for the good of mankind (food, sacrifices, etc). But neither instance is reason for depopulation (either of the serfs or of the animals) or needless death.

Answer 6

God did not say that. The correct rendering in the ten commandments is thou shalt not commit murder.

Answer 7

It is actually "Thouh shalt not commit murder".

.... and he is speaking of human to human. Killing animals in the old testement was a form of sacrifice. It is also acceptable to kill them for food. Read Leviticus. It has the laws of food and sacrifice.

The bible doesn't condone killing animals for fun. If we are to kill them, it should be for a purpose.

Answer 8

He said that thou shalt not commit murder, more or less indicating killing for selfish or hateful reasons.

He also said that animals were given to us for food and service.

Answer 9

there is much debate by what god acctuly said and he acctuly said thou shalt not murder which means dont kill the same species as u

Answer 10

Just as everyone said, the commandment is not to murder which is premeditated killing. If you went to war, you will have to kill the enemy unless you want to die first. You can kill and eat animals.