Christians claim God didn't murder anyone, he just *killed* them.
If he murdered them he would be by far the biggest sinner that ever existed. But apparently he hasn't *murdered* anyone, he only *killed* them which I guess is totally OK.
But are Christians just desperately playing word games and semantics to get around the fact that God is biggest murderer in the history of eternity (If the bible is true like they say)?
2007-08-17 17:47:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I anticipate someone might say "murder is wrong, killing is justifiable".
How is killing everything on Earth justifiable?
2007-08-17 17:49:38 · update #1
The difference some Believers make between 'killing' and 'murdering' is to rationalize violating the Fifth Commandment (Thou shallt not kill.)
In other words, aborting a baby is murder, but sending somebody to the electric chair is killing. If the Hebrews commit genocide against the Philistines, that's killing; however, if a Philistine kills a Jew in self-defense, that's murder. According to the Catholic Church, masturbation is murder, but Torquemada torturing a heretic to death is merely killing.
Shooting your neighbor is murder; however, if you first declare war on your neighbor, then shooting your neighbor is merely killing. It helps if you have the Divine Right of Kings or if your declaration of war meets St. Augustine's definition of a 'just war'--apparently some folks have the mojo to overturn the Fifth Commandment.
Yes, I know it's batshit crazy, but you gotta love those crazy True Believers--if you don't they'll righteously kill you...
2007-08-17 17:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by crypto_the_unknown 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Murder is unlawful killing. The definition of "murder" is determined by the law - it denotes what Americans call 'culpable homicide'. It is a legal category, not a moral one. Murder is usually morally objectionable, but many forms of killing that are not murder are - in my view - also morally objectionable. Just because killing in war is not murder, this does not mean that it is morally neutral.
2016-04-02 03:05:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Murder and killing are the same thing just different names for different circumstances
2007-08-19 03:41:53 · answer #3 · answered by art1ej 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the legal definition of killing is causing the death of another. murder is the intentional killing of another. so yes, if we assume that the biblical god exists, he is the greatest murderer ever
2007-08-17 18:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by C_Millionaire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might makes right and the victors write the history books.
2007-08-17 18:00:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. And it is Thou shalt not kill, no matter how many times they change it to get around hunting, war and capital punishment.
2007-08-17 17:54:33 · answer #6 · answered by Pangloss (Ancora Imparo) AFA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Murder" is a term that is used to describe a flock of Crow's
and the term "Kill" is what my trooper's used to do to their enemies,other than that i can't help you ??
2007-08-17 17:57:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just what on earth makes you believe such stories . people are the killers not myths designed to confuse .
2007-08-17 17:52:41 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought death was death no matter what you call it.
2007-08-17 17:55:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋