Alright we all know thy shall not kill part of the conmandments.
However what if someone was trying to kill you could you kill them back?
2007-10-24 12:24:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thou shall not murder is more accurate. Killing is OK in certain situations like you said if someone was trying to kill you or blow up a plane, etc.
2007-10-24 12:28:19 · answer #1 · answered by Pal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The Laws of Moses actually go into great detail about these laws. Think of the Ten Commandments as the table of contents, and there Moses was called to expand upon them as God had ordained. So many people miss that, cause they just look at the Table of Contents and point out their short-comings, never truly reading the texts and finding how much of a fool they make themselves out to be.
2007-10-24 19:28:41 · answer #2 · answered by Kiker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hebrew term is actually closer to the word murder in English. It excludes killing in self defense, so if you did kill somebody who tried to kill you, that would be fine.
2007-10-24 19:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a God given right to protect our lives! The law calls this, self defense!
2007-10-24 20:19:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the good book does not afford the same rights as the American public has to 'defend oneself', that died with His Holiness the Christ's 'turn the other cheek/give him your cloak aswell/walk a mile' command
Moses taught 'an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth', but Jesus said 'turn the other cheek'.
Americans has Mosaic rights not Christian rights (also the US 'Statue of Limitations' is adapted from Mose's law not Jesus')
2007-10-24 19:27:35 · answer #5 · answered by David F 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The more literal translation is "thou shalt not murder" (instead of kill). Murder is the unjust taking of a life. If you are defending yourself, that is clearly justified.
2007-10-24 19:30:28 · answer #6 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have the Right to Defend yourself---and if he won't Stop untill your dead, then---Kill him.
GOD will help you too! (if your one of HIS Kids!)---Hey, HE Will HELP YOU IF YOUR NOT!!!
If GOD Almighty wants you to Stay on the Earth some more---the devil can't Kill You!
Period.
2007-10-24 19:46:50 · answer #7 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you kill someone and they bring you to court, saying it was self-defence will not keep you out of prison.
2007-10-24 19:29:49 · answer #8 · answered by Cameron C. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't adhere to the 10 commandments, but it's self-defense. I'm not exactly ready to die, and not for something stupid as stealing my television set.
2007-10-24 19:27:53 · answer #9 · answered by CELTS! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very rarely is killing, even in self-defence, actually necessary. Which makes any killing we see today, whether it be in crime or in war, truly tragic and immoral.
2007-10-24 19:39:31 · answer #10 · answered by dspcfi 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋