what do you think?
(here is my previous question on it)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuJPIcocwAyi561Y1qCtBB4AAAAA?qid=20070301132032AAL5t3o
2007-03-12 09:37:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is the reason behind the killing that determines whether it was murder or not. Killing in self-defense (assuming the dead person was trying to kill you or cause you grave bodily harm) is not murder, unless you speficially intended to kill the person and not to simply defend yourself. If a war is just, than a soldier can kill in order to pursue his just cause. The Catholic church has a long doctrine on the subject of "just war" which I don't want to type out.
This subject is more complex than you might think. If society has no way of protecting itlself from a murderer besides killing the person, than the killing is justified and not murder. Even convicts need protection from many of these killers, which complicates the basic concept of lock them up. The Catholic church doesn't condemn all executions, only ones carried out when non-lethal means to guard others was available.
Some Christian sects are far different from others on this subject. The Amish, a Christian sect, belive that killing of human beings is never justified under any circustances. They take "turn the other cheeck" to the extreme limits of logic. Other Christian sects are far less condoning about the idea of allowing yourself and your family to be killed. If someone is trying to kill your family, friends or neibors, than it is your right and duty to defend them and yourself to the best of your ability. If you never intend to kill the person and they die anyway, than it is a tragic event but not murder.
2007-03-13 02:05:28 · answer #1 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Killing is a sin. The intent behind it can make it even more grave. Soliders in the medeval days were banned from full participation in the Church for 7 years from returning from wars to atone for their acts of killing.
The thought that some killing could be ok only came about after the reformations by the confessing evangelical protestant conference and still is not held in the Catholic or Orthodox Churches as acceptable in any way.
2007-03-12 09:53:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alll you did was pick the person that displayed the most ignorance to best match your preconcieved notions.
All murder is killing but not all killing is murder. Samson spent most of his life was at war with the phillistines. God commanded genocide and slavery of the evil nations around Israel for a very specific purpose.
Genocide and slavery back in the OT was ONLY allowed for people of the nations Israel were conquering and the surrounding nations because THEY were evil and rejected God. This was a specific judgment handed down by God to fullfill the propechy of protection and blessing for Israel as much as it was punishing sin and cursing those who curse Israel.
Now why wasnt this made universal? Why was it ok for the Jews to slaughter people and take them into slavery? god was trying to show his power here on earth and it was an illustration of a few things we see pop up in the NT.
1. Anybody who sins and doesnt repent is a slave to sin. (John 8:34) Therefore these people that were not Gods people were put into slavery to illustrate the fact that they ARE slaves deep down anyway!
2. The penalty for sin is DEATH. (Romans 6:23) God HATES sin and the destruction of human life back then was to illustrate what eternal punishment is going to be like. Evil people are going to be wiped out on a massive scale and it is by the hand of God that it is done, not the hands of men. If God commands that people should die, they should die.
2007-03-12 09:55:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is so they can say abortion is wrong because its murder, but its okay to use an automatic rifle to kill an abortion doctor and capital punishment is okay.
I have seen this new "interpretation" of "thou shall not kill" too...several times on here...sorry...kill is kill. I get tired of Bible literalist and fanatics telling me I am a heretic because I will not agree to an inerrant Bible, then making up rules so THEY CAN.
The Skeptical Christian
Grace and Peace
Peg
2007-03-12 10:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some Christians believe in the death penalty. I'm not sure if that comes from a revulsion of criminals and the crimes they commit or if it is a sincere belief. I don't like the death penalty, but all I can say is that I don't really know.
2007-03-12 09:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks to me like you got the answer you itching ears wanted to hear.
Why not move on?
Because the Holy Spirit is working on you buddy.
I'm praying for Him to get through to you ANY way He has to.
2007-03-12 09:50:59 · answer #6 · answered by JV 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The 10 commandments say that thou shalt not kill and then God sends his army out to kill people in war. So they say that killing in war is not murder and it means thou shalt not murder.
The truth is that it means Thou shalt not murder other Jews.
2007-03-12 09:48:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So um... the crusades must have been just killing and not murder.
2007-03-12 10:08:01 · answer #8 · answered by photogrl262000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋