taxigirl
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murder is wrong.
killing in war, in self-defense, by accident, is not wrong.
killing as part of the judicial process, in some cases...also isn't wrong.
side note: God says in the Bible "Thou shalt not MURDER". not "kill".
There appears to be several translation differences.
Ten Commandments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMultiple translations exist of the fifth/sixth commandment; the Hebrew words לא תרצח (lo tirtzach) are variously translated as "thou shalt not kill" or "thou shalt not murder".[49]
The imperative is against unlawful killing resulting in bloodguilt.[50] The Hebrew Bible contains numerous prohibitions against unlawful killing, but also allows for justified killing in the context of warfare (1Kings 2:5–6), capital punishment (Leviticus 20:9–16) and self-defence (Exodus 22:2–3). The New Testament is in agreement that murder is a grave moral evil,[51] and maintains the Old Testament view of bloodguilt.[5
The fact that I do not take the bible to be the word of a deity makes this argument irrelevant to me in the first place. For me the bible is a set of stories that can have moral implications and give comfort as well as scare the crap out of you if you believe it. It has some very interesting notions and the problem with using arguments from the bible to justify societal norms lies in interpretation, not the literal.