Tony: Does, "Though shall not kill" get reinterpretted as "Thou shall not kill except to save your life" or "Thou shall not kill unless it is convenient"? > > > > David The proper Hebrew translation is " thou shalt not murder". We can kill as a societal punishment. > > Tony: Even still, does that mean you can murder to save your own life, or someone elses? What about murdering over religious ideologies or for political reasons.-Be careful in your thinking. Murder in the Hebrew meaning is deliberate killing without sufficient reason. I said the interpretation is we can kill for societal reasons in war and as a punishment for murder. I have an S&W in my bedside table. I will shoot to kill if a stranger enters our bedroom. We live in a gated community, so I won't stop to ask questions. I'm not licensed to carry, but if I were and chanced upon an attempted murder I would shoot to kill. With ideologies and politics, of course not. My actions under Texas law are permissible.-If you are confused by the Biblical interpretation of the word as 'kill' this is because the original English traslations, including the KJV were wrong. My bible says murder.