Comments on: It’s time to repeal “Thou shalt not kill.” http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/09/16/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-repeal-one-of-the-ten-commandments-%e2%80%9cthou-shalt-not-kill%e2%80%9d/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:39:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Per The Onion, God clarifies "Do not kill" | Dangerous Intersection http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/09/16/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-repeal-one-of-the-ten-commandments-%e2%80%9cthou-shalt-not-kill%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-30236 Per The Onion, God clarifies "Do not kill" | Dangerous Intersection Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:53:05 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1596#comment-30236 [...] a related post at DI, I argued that it was time to repeal “Do not Kill.” addthis_url = [...] [...] a related post at DI, I argued that it was time to repeal “Do not Kill.” addthis_url = [...]

]]> By: Larry J. Carter http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/09/16/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-repeal-one-of-the-ten-commandments-%e2%80%9cthou-shalt-not-kill%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-14353 Larry J. Carter Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:07:45 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1596#comment-14353 You say that murder is "obviously wrong" then spend a lot of effort showing that it is not obvious. The disconnect is apparently in application. The Commandments are not the problem. Ignorance of the Law is the problem, especially among believers. The Commandments, - and - the Statutes and Judgements must be taught and followed. The consequences are what motivate people to do what is right, or said another way, to not do what is wrong. And before anyone goes ballistic, I'm not talking about burning in hellfire for eternity. I'm talking about living in a lawless society, which we obviously are. "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the hearts of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." Eccl. 8:11 You cannot murder a murderer. Of course, under man's "law" this is not so. If you were to kill a murderer the "justice" system would swallow you and thus sustain itself. Biblical justice is based on restitution rather than punishment. Because man is required to restore a life that he has taken without cause, and is not able, his own life is forfeit. Will anyone be able to deny culpability by claiming they didn't believe what "believers" didn't believe? Should the question be, "What did you believe?" or "What did you do?". You say that murder is “obviously wrong” then spend a lot of effort showing that it is not obvious. The disconnect is apparently in application.

The Commandments are not the problem. Ignorance of the Law is the problem, especially among believers. The Commandments, - and - the Statutes and Judgements must be taught and followed. The consequences are what motivate people to do what is right, or said another way, to not do what is wrong. And before anyone goes ballistic, I’m not talking about burning in hellfire for eternity. I’m talking about living in a lawless society, which we obviously are.

“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the hearts of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” Eccl. 8:11

You cannot murder a murderer. Of course, under man’s “law” this is not so. If you were to kill a murderer the “justice” system would swallow you
and thus sustain itself. Biblical justice is based on restitution rather than punishment. Because man is required to restore a life that he has taken without cause, and is not able, his own life is forfeit.

Will anyone be able to deny culpability by claiming they didn’t believe what “believers” didn’t believe? Should the question be, “What did you believe?” or “What did you do?”.

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