"Thou shalt not kill" is one of the 10 Commandments, so where is the list of those that can be killed?

I am a Christian and have never killed anyone. PROVE that Christians break this commandment every day.

You need to know that murderers are often not religious. Not all murderers are Christians.

I would love to see statistics showing the religion of murderers.

Do you have a link to show to us so that we can see percentages of Christians who commit murder on a daily basis?

That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.

Thou shalt now not homicide is a extra right translation of the usual Aramaic textual content of the Old Testament Bible. For folks who homicide, the sentence could be loss of life as good. However, there are provisions within the Bible for many who kill any one accidentally, as in a rage, or as an twist of fate. Those who dedicate such are banished to a some distance position till a targeted time has lapsed. And sure, "thou shalt now not kill" is aspect of the ten commandments, given to the folks of Israel from Mt. Sinai throughout the time while Moses was once main them from captivity in Egypt into the promised land of Canaan.

The more accurate translation is, "Thou shalt not murder." If you look at the very basics of the all the differents religions beliefs, they really say the same thing. It's just that different cultures have translated it in different ways. In the New Testament, Jesus says that we should all love one another. If this were fully practiced, then all the other commandments are just elaboration of this one basic rule. Jesus wasn't the only one to state this. All the other religious masters like Buddah, Mohammed, etc. have stated this basic rule throughout the history of mankind. We humans tend to want frills and flurishes to expound on this and forget the basic rule.

As has been told to several others on this topic, there is a difference between killing and murder, and this commandment has to do with murder. Not all killing is murder.

There is no list that super-cedes the law. Murder is murder and it is wrong. Unfortunately, killing becomes necessary in many cases. For example, if someone is bent on killing someone and the only way to take them out is to, well, take them out, is this not justifiable? Even in our country's laws, we have "justifiable homicide". In a war against people who are coming to kill others for the sake of killing them, to annihilate them would be considered a good thing.

Killing should not be the first answer, but it often must be the final word. Our modern-day terrorists are not people who can be negotiated with, nor should tons of money be spent on them in prison. Violent murderers who are not reformable should be put to death.

Murder has a different flavor. It is the killing of someone to get what they have, to keep them from talking, to get rid of them, for the sake of the violent act, etc.

Are you talking about capital punishment?

It is the duty of those in authority to uphold the law and to punish those who break it, and for those who commit heinous crimes against humanity, to punish with death.

Look around. As the judicial system has gotten more and more corrupted, and crime has gone unpunished more and more, the world has become a more dangerous place to live in than it ever was before. Just as Jesus said in Matthew 24 when he spoke of his returning immediately after the tribulation of those days.

Do I dare ask how, pray tell, "Christians" break this commandment? Haven't seen any of my brethren kill anyone. And on a daily basis? Where is this statement coming from?

First off, it is better translated as being a prohibition against murder. There is a difference between murder and killing.

Second, Christians are not held to, or required to observe the ten commandments.

Third, they were not given directly to "man" but indirectly to the children of Israel through the mediator Moses.

Fourth, Yes, there is another law that supercedes this law. It is the law of the Spirit.

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Read Romans 13:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 3:1-18 and then re-ask your question.

Alan Ballou

www.thehealingbook.com

I like how God Himself was constantly decreeing death as punishment for various minor infractions - for example, it's notorious that parents were enjoined to murder their disobedient children (Leviticus 20:9). It's sort of a catch-22 - apparently we're allowed to break the Sixth Commandment when we're punishing infractions of other commandments.

Distinctions between "murder" and "killing" are cute, but that only implies that it's all a question of perspective - are Christians now arguing for moral relativism? To illustrate: if I kill somebody in "self defense," the justification, ultimately, can only be that my life was more important than his life. He's just as dead at my hand as I would've been at his.

Look in Leviticus 16 -18, and Deuteronomy 12-21.