to kill burlars who may only want to rob. How can America be considered a Christian country when they don't even make the effort to obey one of the simplest commandments?
2007-09-26 05:41:41 · 17 answers · asked by americanhero_aa 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I am an ordained minister...
But if you violate my home, expect to be shot.
2007-09-26 05:52:12 · answer #1 · answered by The Mystic 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
According to the Bible not all killing, the taking of a life, is murder. Murder is the unlawfully taking of human life. Under the Old Covenant God allowed the Israelites to kill other humans under very special circumstances such as punishment for certain sins, for example, murder (Exodus 21:12-14, Leviticus 24:17, 21) and adultery (Leviticus 20:10, Deuteronomy 22:22-24). God also allowed the Israelites to engage in warfare and even gave them instructions about waging war (Deuteronomy 20:1-20). God also recognized that humans might accidentally kill each other, and he made provisions for this (Numbers 35:9-34; Deuteronomy 19:1-13).
2007-09-26 07:03:35 · answer #2 · answered by Kristy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, America is not a Christian country. There is no official religion.
Second, even if Christianity were an official religion, there would still be arguments over whether the Old Testament was still to be followed or whether we were now bound only by the Two Great Commandments.
2007-09-26 05:46:31 · answer #3 · answered by Baccheus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The FBI estimates that firearms are used by citizens defensively about 400,000+ times per year, and in less than 6% of those instances is a shot even fired. I would have to assume that in the other 94% of those cases, violence was averted. And in some lesser percentage, perhaps even murder was averted.
Most gun owners own firearms as a hobby, and not because they are bloodthirsty hotheads as the media or the Dem's in Congress like to depict us. Guns are to gunowners as motorcycles are to bikers. It's really a fun hobby, and almost every person I know in this hobby is a laid-back tolerate individual. Kind of "do-your-own-thing" folks.
If the Dem's would leave gun owners alone, they might find a little more support for things they value such as gay marriage, public healthcare, and such...
2007-09-26 05:48:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
To kill in a justifiable war( one that protects the populace from a cruel dictator), to convict through the courts a person who has taken multiple lives & would do it again if released and in self defense(a person breaking into a home to harming another) is not breaking any commandments.
People would kill if all the guns were melted down today they would still have bombs, knives, clubs, rocks, and fists.
Sin is part of the life we live, while it rules our world, all the commandments will continue to be broken.
2007-09-26 05:49:42 · answer #5 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Killing is not breaking the commandment, murder is breaking the commandment. In fact the death penalty is required for certain offenses by the Bible. And there are many verses in the Bible were Joshua was commanded to wipe out whole cities, Jericho for one.
2007-09-26 06:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by Steel Rain 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are absolutely correct: America cannot be considered a Christian country.
Please stop thinking of it as one.
The Bible, the Koran, the Torah, and all the other religious texts are very fine examples to base a life on, and even to a good rulebook to form a society around. But the Bible is not our Constitution, and you should not compare the two documents.
2007-09-26 05:53:50 · answer #7 · answered by wuxxler 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
That commandment refers to killing someone for personal gain , or for reasons other than self-defence , where there`s other options .
The bible ALLOWS for the execution of murderers by governments !
And exactly why is it that people shouldn`t have guns in their homes ? They have every right to kill someone that may kill them . If YOU don`t want a gun in YOUR home , fine , but don`t pretend to be the conscience of the nation ............
2007-09-26 05:51:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The correct translation is, "Thou shalt not murder"
Murder implies that the victim did nothing to merit being killed.
Soldiers killing enemy soldiers in a war isn't murder.
Killing intruders in your house, whose motives and intentions you cannot know, is not murder.
Executing perpetrators of heinous crimes is not murder.
Claro?
2007-09-26 05:53:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
America is not a Christian country. Our government does not endorse a religion, it cannot. I don't know why you need to debate religious doctrine here, there are better sections of Yahoo Answers to do that.
2007-09-26 05:47:25 · answer #10 · answered by Pfo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1.) "Thou Shalt not Murder" does not apply to all circumstances (self defense, etc).
2.) America is a country with no specifically established religion, Christian or otherwise, (it's that pesky Constitution...)
2007-09-26 05:47:36 · answer #11 · answered by Citicop 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋