Inspired from the religon thread

onelongsong

messymarv wrote:

Not to really get an argument going but King David was A man of GOD and God allowed and empowered David to destroy and kill many on the battle field. God also allowed and empowered him to Kill Goliath. Most religions believe in not killing but they are still plenty in a realigon who do I.E. 9/11. LOL heres one for all those who hate and want religon such as ten comandments removed form governemt buildings why do you in turn ask why someone breaks one of the comandments.

9/11? islam is completely against killing so 9/11 was not religious. it was the word according to binladen. ie: the conception of a madman hiding behind religion. like jim jones and many others creating offshoot religions to serve their own end.

decides2dream

decides2dream wrote:

interesting.......

Christian
"You shall not kill."
Since respect for life includes an obligation to respect one's own life and the lives of people under one's protection, it is legitimate to use force -- even fatal force -- against the threats of an aggressor who cannot be stopped any other way. While Catholic teaching recognizes the right of states to execute criminals when necessary to preserve the safety of citizens, the Church argues that other methods of protecting society (incarceration, rehabilitation) are increasingly available in the modern world; thus, there are now few if any cases that really necessitate capital punishment. Catholics (along with many fundamentalist Protestants) also consider abortion sinful and a violation of this commandment.

Judeism
"Thou shalt not murder"
Killing an innocent human being is a capital sin.


also...

Muslims regard Moses as one of their greatest prophets, but they reject the Biblical versions of the Ten Commandments. Islam teaches that the Biblical text used in Judaism and Christianity has been corrupted over the years, by carelessness or malice, from its divine original. Muslims believe that the Qur'an is a revelation from God continuing the revelations on which they believe the Torah and Gospels to be based, intended to restore the original Adamic and Abrahamic faith.

Despite the Ten Commandments not being explicitly mentioned in the Qur'an they are implied by the following translation of verses in the Quran (using Jewish numbering):


"....anyone who murders any person who had not committed murder or horrendous crimes, it shall be as if he murdered all the people." (5:32)


both taken from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

if you scroll down, you get the various 'interpretations' of the commandments according to various faiths. why/how these interpretations splintered, don't know...but definitely alludes to 'justified righteous killing' as i mentioned/questioned earlier.

yes, i am quoting my own post. i just find it interesting that no one else found it interesting, the various 'interpretations' of this specific commandment and how, possibly, this may be how some of the religious justify it?

Bu2

especially when I haven't taken the time to read all six pages of it, but I'd like to just recommend a book that's called "The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You To Read" by Tim Leedom because it hits a lot of points just mentioned in the last five or so replies here.

Just thought I'd help out. Now I'm leaving.

Um, cheers, carry on....bye.