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Because I've been told not to kill anyone, and I haven't. If God asks me to do otherwise then that command is irrelevant, and none of us can condemn Roof, or ISIS.
Killing is not necessarily a sin.
Actually, it is. If you'll recall your OT, the killing of another human being--even at the command of God--rendered one unclean and unable to enter the presence of the Lord (or even his own tent) without a blood sacrifice for cleansing. The requirement for the blood sacrifice--the requirement of Jesus' blood sacrifice--indicates the basic sinful nature of any taking of human life.
Just say "God help me". He knows what you mean.
I have waited years and years to receive answers, but sometimes it only takes a few minutes.
Jews, including Jesus, went through regular cycles of being clean and unclean, but this was not considered a sin, especially because you could easily become unclean through no fault of your own. Jesus became unclean when he was touched by the woman with severe bleeding or when he healed people with leprosy. If someone was in a room with a group of other people and one of them has a heart attack a died, then they and everyone else in the room would become unclean. They could then go home and eat a kosher meal, which would then become unclean because they were touching it, but they wouldn't be sinning. However, if they were to enter the presence of the Lord or perform other Temple services while unclean, then they would be sinning. If you've ever gone to a funeral with an open casket or been touched by someone who has, then you are currently unclean.
It explicitly say, but considering the Egyptian attitudes towards Israelites, it is reasonable that he was getting beaten to death and Moses stepped in to prevent it. More reasonable than that in intervened with the intent to murder. And even if it was murder, it's not reasonable to assume that God thought it was fine.
The issue is disagreement over the character of God. It is not within the character of the God of Christianity to kill because of those reasons.
If God commands us to kill a group of men or even an entire country's population, then we are obligated to do so.
God cannot command someone to commit homicide.
From this it would then follow that all of the Christians who are doctors, police officers, soldiers, etc. who have taken a life were committing a sin.
There are many Christians who have had to kill people for justifiable reasons. The doctor whose only choice is to either terminate the life of an unborn child to save the life of the mother or either see both of them die due to birth complications kills the child and is no less a follower of Christ for doing so.
The police officer who is a Christian who shoots and kills a madman who refuses to listen to the pleas of the negotiators for the life of the five year old girl he is holding at gunpoint is no less a follower of Christ for doing so.
This applies to the soldiers and any other Christian who finds themselves by the will of God, in a position where they must take a life.
Killing is not necessarily a sin.
They were not killed because they were members of a specific ethnicity. They were killed because (among other evils) they were committing abominable evils like offering their babies to be burned as sacrifices to the gods they worshiped for example.
Against whose law? The Egyptian's law or God's?
God commands in several instances that people should be killed if they did certain things.
God commanded never to murder. He never said never kill.
Killing someone may be justified. Murder by definition is never justified.
The commandment, thou shalt not kill is with regards to murdering someone.
God will never command you to commit murder so you do not have to trouble yourself about that.
You need to see a mental health counselor if you are homicidal. They traditionally place such people in institutions.
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But if I believe that God is telling me to kill someone, I should see a mental health professional. Why do you believe that? What if I believe God is just talking to me in general, should I still go see a mental health professional?
Yes, if you think God is telling you to kill someone you should turn yourself in to mental health or the police.
1. God does not talk to us except through his word.
2. God does not tell us to kill others as he is a God of love.
I'm trying to find local pastors, ministers or priests to talk to about it in person, but I haven't had any bites yet.
So if I pray, I should not expect to hear back from God?
Fair enough, but there is far too much there for me to reply on. There is much that is objectionable.
When else is murder fine?
But we've seen in the OT that it is in God's character to kill, and have others kill for Him.
I should add that I'm not trying to be a pain. I'm really trying to find some sort of faith, but with all of the questions that bounce around my head, I find no comfort in it. I worry that I never will. I'm not the kind of person who can turn their brain off to this sort of thing.
I should add that I would also rather not be discussing this on here, and I'm trying to find local pastors, ministers or priests to talk to about it in person, but I haven't had any bites yet.
So thanks for being patient.
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