God never commanded someone to murder another, but He did command them to kill another for His purpose.
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So then, if I command someone to kill another for My purpose, does that mean it's not murder, but a higher service? :P
murder is a premeditated and purposeful slaying as opposed to a crime of passion or an accidental death through actions or negligence.
Saddam is going to be executed for murder - he didn't pull the trigger, but he murdered them.
Thank you for admitting your "God" had the motive and gave the orders.
We'd put you in a witness protection program, but apparently that's not going to fool him. See you in hell preacher-boy! You'll be quite the star turn - a bit like a cop in jail. An eternity of picking up the soap - what fun!
g-21-lto I know... It's like saying. "I'm not homosexual, I just like to frequently meet other men in public toilets for anonymous gay sex."
Oh got it.
I'm not a dumb-ass, I just never know what I'm talking about Award!
Wow, you really ought to try becoming a lawyer. I mean, with a fool-proof defense like that, you'll be the next Johnny Cochran.
To play devil's advocate:
If a soldier shoots someone during a gun fight, did he kill him or did he murder him?
While the result of both words is the same, one dead guy and one guy who caused the death of the other, there is a difference in emotional association between the two. Murdering someone is a step worse than killing someone.
Ellimist: I hope that day never comes. Which one would you like to remove from the dictionary? Killing or murder? Would everybody who killed something (including animals for meat) suddenly become a murderer? Or are we going to downplay murder by calling it a kill? We need the difference between two seemingly identical concepts. How would you show your exact feelings or thoughts about something if there was only 1 general term to cover all possible nuances (good, plus good and double plus good?)?
How do you think society came this far? Not by calling "automobiles" "carriages", they have the same function and can be made to have exactly the same shape, color and comfort level. But the first isn't the second, therefore we need a word to show that "small" difference. Or think about the different kinds of "hammer" a carpenter can have, we'd have our own language problems associated with the tower of Babel. The same thing goes for killing and murder. There is a difference and that difference is important to decide how someone is punished for the death of another. Getting in a fistfight and the victim's head hits the edge of something and (s)he dies is less of a crime than going out committing a planned murder. Or what do you think about car accidents? If your car malfunctions and you hit another car which skids of the road killing a passerby, was it an accident in which someone got killed or was it an accident in which someone got murdered?
Do you think that violence will really stop if we feel the same about killing and murder? Wars will still be fought, they don't exist because we feel less guilty about killing in battle or murdering someone in cold blood, they exist because someone has something the other has not. Or someone sees a (perceived) slight in the behaviour against him/her and wants revenge for that. World peace does not hinge on the feelings we have connected to a word, but on learning to coexist.
Just like how bible gawd never commanded anyone to rape young virgin girls, just to "take" them for themselves.
wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
OK, Preacher, we're not going to murder you with this here gun. We're just going to kill you with this machete. You understand, right?
Murder = Kill
Same difference. It's still taking another human life.
Your 'God' can't even hold himself to his own moral standards. Thus he's a hypocrite. Therefore he's a contradiction to himself. Ergo, he doesn't exist. QED.
I've never killed anyone in my life, nor do I want to ever. Therefore my moral standards are higher than his.
Ergo, I'm superior to God. QED.
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