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That verse could be more appropriately translated as "Thou shalt not kill without cause.", ie: murder.
Obviously, God did not just go around killing people willy-nilly and had a purpose for it, so He's not a murderer.
Granted, we may not like or agree with, or even understand His purposes, but He is who He is and we can either accept that, or waste time raging against the machine.
I'm trying to remember that bible passage where Moses talks God out of killing some people. I think it was over them worshiping a golden calf. God acted more like hot-headed punk than, well, a god.
From what I've read, some take murdering as being worse than killing. So if you are killing people legally (ie, police officers, soldiers), then it's not murder.
Reading Exodus 31:15-18, it struck me as odd that God instructed everyone to obey the 10 commandments while, at the same time, he wanted those who worked on the sabbath to be put to death. Which got me thinking about all the killing God did and ordered others to do. Is God above the Thou Shall Not Kill? Why wouldn't he want to follow his own commandments?
The actual translation is Thou Shall Not Murder. And murder is an act that happens without cause. Killing can happen and is legal if there is a valid reason.
I'm trying to remember that bible passage where Moses talks God out of killing some people. I think it was over them worshiping a golden calf. God acted more like hot-headed punk than, well, a god.
Hot headed punk? Bible god is more of a genocidal maniac..
Good, since murder is exactly what Bible god is guilty of.
God gives life and God takes life. And God has the right to do that. However mockers who like to accuse God of murder will never understand that. And until they can create a universe themselves, I would suggest they hold up on accusing God.
With the exception of genocide (the great flood), God didn't really do the killing, God was smart and forced others to kill for God. God had the bears come and kill the children for making fun of a bald man, now just how insane is that. So let that be an example to all children, you laugh at a bald man and you'll get eaten by bears.
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