Reply #194: All killing is wrong. [View All]

[merh]

Thou shalt not kill the interpretation of the 10 commandments that I have always been taught.

Actually, some argue that to take a life is to violate the 1st commandment, to put yourself on the level of god, to play god. Idol worship if you will. If you believe in god, then you surely believe that god alone is responsible for life, to take it and/or to give it. Thus to take it whether your own or anothers, is to put yourself on the level with god, and to violate the first commandment. So, in killing, even when it is state sanctioned, you are violating two of the commandments.

Oh, by the way -- Vengence is mine, sayeth the Lord.

Or how about, how many times should I forgive my brother, lord? I say 7 times 70 ....

The test of human greatness is not who can I kill, but who can I forgive.