"Thou shalt not kill" sure you can argue they're just bugs but still they're living and breathing beings also...
2006-12-18 17:54:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thou shall not want to kill, if you are spiritual you will not want to kill things. You will admire everything for its role.
2006-12-18 18:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by Speed Of Thought 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Buddhism Killing is taking life from other animal is a sin... But for that the following should be satisfied....
1. It should be a live one ( Person or animal -including insects)
2. You should have intention to kill
3. You should plan to kill
4. You should activate that plan
5. it should be kill( or die ) because of your plan...
Sin also have weight...
Killing insects are not the same as you kill a man...
You can think like this....
if you kill a man you cannot forget it for your life...
But how many insects that we have kill so far. But can you remember it......
2006-12-18 18:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by UD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess that would depend on how enlightened a person is.
Do you draw the line at killing other people? Some animals? All animals? Insects? Forests? Plants? The planet earth?
Where is the line drawn for what can be destroyed and still be acceptable?
2006-12-18 17:59:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Sin is a myth made up to keep people in line. Go and sin no more.
That said, killing counts against your karma account so use it sparingly.
2006-12-18 18:16:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With malice and intent; I believe so. Like a little kid stomping on an anthill. Automatically smacking at a mosquito; no, I don't think so.
2006-12-18 17:59:39 · answer #5 · answered by Dwain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
havent seen you in a while!! well im not sure about bugs but i know that killing a turkey is a sin
2006-12-19 14:34:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think we can kill any insect that cause any harm to our existence and so be it!
2006-12-18 17:56:05 · answer #7 · answered by livinhapi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that's why I always pick them up and take them outside instead of stomping them.
2006-12-18 17:56:34 · answer #8 · answered by Jack Walsh 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋