I think Nathan made the point that "thou shalt not kill" to mean cold blooded murder.
I'm a vet and ex-police officer. I would disagree with your guilt statement. The military does a poor job of dealing with killing. They do little to prepare a soldier for the emotional effects and do little afterwords. That is why vets have so much difficulty dealing with these issue not to mention seeing your buddies get killed. I entered law enforcement in 1980 just as things were starting to change. We were "prepared" mentally by visits from the police shrink. And post shooting included time with a police shrink. There are so few Christians that I do not think that Christian guilt is the problem. I think most serious Christians understand that God is not anti-killing if it is in an act of war or in self defense or the defense of a 3rd party. (in law enforcement using deadly physical force is to stop not kill (death may be a by product of deadly physical force, however not the intention), unlike the military where killing is authorized) When I was about to enter law enforcement I asked a pastor about this very thing and he explained God's law. So as a police officer I knew what God's scripture said. I also had peace that if it had been necessary to use deadly physical force I would be guided by God. ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Mon, 6/10/13, Nicholas Leippe <n...@leippe.com> wrote: From: Nicholas Leippe <n...@leippe.com> Subject: Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing? To: "Provo Linux Users Group" <plug@plug.org> Date: Monday, June 10, 2013, 12:39 PM On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Nathan England <nat...@nmecs.com> wrote: > > God said thou shalt not kill. > > No. Learn your own religion better. This misunderstanding is the cause of a lot of veteran's guilt, often a component in PTSD. What was taught in the bible was not to *murder*. In fact, the bible explicitly condones killing in many places. Murder is the shedding of innocent blood--as opposed to killing people in self defense or times of war. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
