Kill or Be Killed? What does the Bible actually say about killing? – Greg Albrecht

Question:  I am struggling with the biblical command not to kill, and with what that means in terms of warfare, and what it means in terms of the death penalty, which I oppose.  Could you shed some light on this topic?  Is this topic merely a matter of the survival of the fittest – kill or be killed? Response: Several thoughts that might help: The sense of the commandment prohibiting killing is about unlawfully taking the life of another human being.  Killing of animals for food was assumed to be permissible. The ten commandments are the center piece, the foundation stone if you will, of the old covenant. ...