Bible
The Bible is very powerful. Men live by it, swear upon it, and die for it. Those who believe in its teachings take the words very seriously because those words are the foundation to their faith. For thousands of years the sixty-six books of the Bible have been studied and debated. The concepts, beliefs, and principles described in the Bible are under constant discussion, and perhaps the most debated topic in the Bible is that of taking another man's life. God makes it very clear that His followers are not to take another man's life, but there are many sections in the Bible that deal with this very subject. In The Holy Bible, killing is undeniably abundant with citizens killing, God killing, and sometimes the two killing mutually. The Hebrews were naturally a murderous people but killed to keep the faith. The Holy Bible contains many instances of killing. In the Bible, God states what will happen to His followers if they disobey him, "The Lord will send you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me" (Deuteronomy 28:20). With these teachings from God, one would think ther
Every action or deed against one's neighbor which brings about his death, either immediately or afterwards, is equally considered to be murder: If a subordinate is placed by someone into such conditions of life or work that his health and life are threatened; if a judge convicts someone known to be innocent; if someone destroys the well-being of his neighbor by means of deception; if one did not warn another about danger or peril when this danger was known to us; if one did not try to call for medical assistance or, in general, did not avert misfortune from the neighbor. Other instances involve man killing in the name of God. "Then he (God's Prophet Elisha) went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, 'Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!' So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths." (2 Kings 2:23-24) In this excerpt God did not kill the children; the bears did. Every time a bear kills a child, should God be accused of murder? Anyway, the children were sinners just like all people are, so God could have killed them if He wanted to because He made them in the first place. At times, God also ordered killing of many and the destruction of their property. "You shall put all its males to the sword, but the women and the little ones, the cattle, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you sh
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