You may mean reconcile...but you are interpreting.
I'm talking about the scholarly accurate translation. And this response to kill being translated to murder utterly fails to address the point that was being made. Way to dance around an issue where you can't come up with points valid enough to support your reasoning.
Sure I can...
#1. Murder isn't a Hebrew word. So it is not possible for the literal translation to say thou shalt not Murder.
#2. I can find a Hebrew translation that claims it does indeed say..no killing.
#3. The Hebrew definition of their word for murder is broader than just taking a life unlawfully...come to think of it...so is the English.
Using the most liberal definitions you could indeed make a claim that the taking of any life is murder...you could also argue that you shouldn't even hurt someones feelings.
And before you laugh about the hurting someones feelings aspect...just realize that there is a segment in the Old Testament where God does indeed kill someone for mocking.
The Bible is clear on the difference between murder and punishment for commiting murder so man is correctly following scripture in implementing CP.
That being said your comments about abortion are null and void.
No...the bibles comments concerning abortion being murder are non-existent.
Um...those guys all came before Jesus...are you Jewish or Christian?As stated before, you don't have a good grasp of the scripture in it's entirety. David/Goliath, Samson/Phillistines, Joshua at Jericho etc.
Jesus turned the other cheek and forgave his killers.
You can't flip flop back and forth between commandments, old and new testaments as it suits you...be consistent.
The Old Testament is Ghetto...
Do you eat pork?
It was to make a point about forgiving and death not being punishment if you are blessed with eternal life...you seem to have missed it.Just as Christ said, to fulfill scripture.
Scripture tells us 'not to fear him that can destroy the body but him (God) who can destroy both the body and soul. All that are unrepentant of their sins have rejected God and receive of their own free will eternity in .
All that repent of their sins, including murderers, receive the gift of eternity in heaven.
That's got nothing to do with abortion...and if anything it makes it clear that there is a difference between killing the body and killing the soul...
But if you want quotes on abortion let's a have a few:
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things, and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, `better the miscarriage than he, for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.'"
Ecclesiastes 6:3-5
That statement strongly seems to indicate that it is better to not be born than it is to live a life of suffering.