The word murd murder implies an immoral motive, not just the act of killing. If you believe that a specific act of killing is in self defense, or in the defense of your family, community or nation, then it is not murder.
Yes. That's why I distinguished between murder and killing.
259 posted on 03/18/2005 8:22:30 AM PST by Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
Yes. That's why I distinguished between murder and killing.
But you sidestepped the question of what to do if a religious authority, say one that you have respected for a long time, says that a specific act of killing is not murder.