I know in religious circles people debate if the Commandment is "Thou shall not kill" or "Thou shall not commit murder."
The wording seems synonymous until you consider self-defense isn't considered murder. All of a sudden loop holes pop up allowing killing outside of murder.
It's murkier than that. There are some sects that won't kill mosquitos, because... "Thou SHALT NOT KILL", straight-up. Not "no killing your homies", not "no killing the humans", even, just "no kill" as an absolute: All are gods creations and to kill them is to desecrate god's works.
Meanwhile, the more militant Old Testament sects view it as "thou shalt not kill... humans who worship the same god as you in the specific same way as you that haven't broken any other rules of man or god, because after all, the bible's got the death penalty for basically everything, and we could use a bit more land, so that's all kosher".
There's a HUGE range in how such a simple rule is interpreted.
I know in religious circles people debate if the Commandment is "Thou shall not kill" or "Thou shall not commit murder."
The wording seems synonymous until you consider self-defense isn't considered murder. All of a sudden loop holes pop up allowing killing outside of murder.
It's murkier than that. There are some sects that won't kill mosquitos, because... "Thou SHALT NOT KILL", straight-up. Not "no killing your homies", not "no killing the humans", even, just "no kill" as an absolute: All are gods creations and to kill them is to desecrate god's works.
Meanwhile, the more militant Old Testament sects view it as "thou shalt not kill... humans who worship the same god as you in the specific same way as you that haven't broken any other rules of man or god, because after all, the bible's got the death penalty for basically everything, and we could use a bit more land, so that's all kosher".
There's a HUGE range in how such a simple rule is interpreted.