Is murder only wrong because the Bible says so?

Question

Anywhere does the Bible say slavery is wrong? Leviticus 25:44-45, Exodus 20:21-22?

Bible says eating shrimp is wrong, Leviticus 11:9-12

Do we really want to do the moral thing based on the Bible

Answer 1

Yep, without God pulling their puppet strings 24/7, those wacky Christians would go around knocking over 7-11's and stabbing people in the ear.

Kidding. Kidding.

Humans are compassionate and understanding in a deeper way than "my deity told me so". Thank goodness.

Answer 2

No murder isn't wrong only because the Bible says so. It is wrong because it is agreed upon by society as a whole that it is not an acceptable act. Even without the Bible this would have occurred and it would still be socially unacceptable. Society is really the driving the force for morality - religion is but one small area that has helped to create it but isn't the dominant force.

Answer 3

The bible (in my opinion only - no offence meant to anyone who is deeply religious or gets offended by these types of questions/answers) was made a long time ago by people who were told stories of great deeds - there is no evidence or substance to back up the events that happened...
What I will say is, murder to any sane person is wrong - there are cases like self defence and so forth but this is what we have the courts for - God/Jesus/Holy Ghost and so forth - doesn't judge us while we're on earth and depending on your outlook, doesn't factor into the afterlife either...
It falls down to morals - what do you think is right/wrong? What were the influences behind your decisions? Was it your upbringing? Exposure to violence/love through media? It goes on and on - the bible contradicts itself throughout BUT if it means that people won't commit murder, infidelity, immoral decisions, due to the strength of their faith and beliefs, then that's fantastic...
Some people need a bit of help to believe and if the bible does that - I'm all for it :)

Answer 4

Yes, we should do the moral thing based on the Bible, because in the end you will be judged by what you have done and what you have not done. The Bible is a basis and commandments of how you should live your life, that's the problem today, everybody wants to live an immoral life and try to justify their actions and you can't do that, because in the end you'll have to answer to one person and that's Jesus Christ whether you believe that or not.

Answer 5

There are various issues to consider right here. maximum we are able to not get into. The Jewish united states develop right into a theocracy (rule through God). There aren't any extra international locations which at the on the spot are promptly spoken to through God (no longer which consists of how God speaks to us through scripture.) This develop into an instantaneous command to the individuals through God on the time. the regulations of the ot nevertheless are valid. We as human beings of the recent testomony aren't any further envisioned to maintain on with the ceremonial regulations of the ot like Killing a lamb on the modify and so on. We for sure in simple terms won't be able to stroll next door and kill a witch. favor to take the Bible as an complete and use a touch common sense about the thanks to interpret passages.

Answer 6

YOU THINK GOD DICTATED THOU SHALT NOT KILL, BUT THAT is an incomplete translation probably made by a translator who was afraid of being killed for doing low quality work and reprinted by many in positions of authority because they did not want to be offed.

The more complete meaning is (and I say more because it is a translation so I assume there could be a better one, probably not contradictory but perhaps fuller) do not take innocent life swiftly.

so I guess if you thinbk it over one might decide that some one who asked silly questions perhaps that is a good reason for murder,,EX: georgy poo might start offing certain reporters

Answer 7

Um that's all in the old testament law in which Christ already died for which puts us under the new covenant. I doubt anyone would make it to heaven based on the ten commandments. Satan doesn't want anyone going to heaven so he made it his mission to make things difficult for us that way we question our morals and change our mind sets then we become part of secular humanism doing as we please. The real question is do you want to go to heaven or do you want to go to hell. Better yet put your hand over an open flame before you make any moral decesions and ask is it worth it...... Or just pray and ask God to lead you by his directions and Wait on the Lord

Answer 8

Slavery was a way to pay off debt, like if you owed me money you'd work for me to pay it off.

There is probably something about shrimp that is bad for you, I know some people can't eat it or it makes them sick. They breakout in hives.

The bible was written for people with common sense to understand, but there are some parts that takes alot more because it's like riddles.

Answer 9

The Bible states that "man has dominated man to his injury." (Ecclesiastes 8:9) This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the oppressive forms of slavery that have been devised by man. Jehovah God is not indifferent to the suffering that slavery has wrought.

For example, consider a situation that developed with the Israelites. The Bible tells us that the Egyptians "kept making their life bitter with hard slavery at clay mortar and bricks and with every form of slavery in the field, yes, every form of slavery of theirs in which they used them as slaves under tyranny." The Israelites "continued to sigh because of the slavery and to cry out in complaint, and their cry for help kept going up to the true God." Was Jehovah indifferent to their plight? On the contrary, "God heard their groaning and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." Furthermore, Jehovah told his people: "I shall certainly bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians and deliver you from their slavery."—Exodus 1:14; 2:23, 24; 6:6-8.

Clearly, Jehovah did not approve of 'man dominating man' through abusive slavery. But did not God later allow slavery among his people? Yes, he did. However, the slavery that existed in Israel was vastly different from the tyrannical forms of slavery that have existed throughout history.

God's Law stated that kidnapping and selling a human was punishable by death. Furthermore, Jehovah provided guidelines to protect slaves. For example, a slave who was maimed by his master would be set free. If a slave died because his master beat him, the master could be punished with death. Women captives could become slaves, or they could be taken as wives. But they were not to be used for mere sexual gratification. The gist of the Law must have led righthearted Israelites to treat slaves with respect and kindness, as if these were hired laborers.—Exodus 20:10; 21:12, 16, 26, 27; Leviticus 22:10, 11; Deuteronomy 21:10-14.

Some Jews voluntarily became slaves to their fellow Jews in order to repay debts. This practice protected people from starvation and actually allowed many to recover from poverty. Furthermore, at key junctures in the Jewish calendar, slaves were to be released if they so desired.* (Exodus 21:2; Leviticus 25:10; Deuteronomy 15:12) Commenting on these laws regarding slaves, Jewish scholar Moses Mielziner stated that a "slave could never cease to be a man, he was looked upon as a person possessing certain natural human rights, with which the master even could not with impunity interfere." What a stark contrast to the abusive systems of slavery that mar the annals of history!

Answer 10

Murder is not wrong "because the Bible says so". Murder is wrong because God said so. This fact is simply recorded in the Bible.