Of course you are not! You are very probably the only poster on this Forum that doesn't know, as I have never made a secret of it, that I am Pagan, Priest and WITCH
Yes I was aware.
and, as such. consider that, from your posts, you were probably born about 500 years too late to take up your true vocation and a leading member of the Inquisition of the Burning Times!
Which posts?
Oh, and as a by-the-way - it should be Exodus 22:18 not 16!
Sorry
The Sixth Commandment NEEDS NO INTERPRETATION - it is, supposedly, the revealed word of your God and he states in the Sixth that THOU SHALT NOT KILL! No excuses, No exceptions, No ifs, No buts and No maybes!
If it is not saying what is written you might as well use the whole Bible as toilet paper!
)O(
Had a look at the Hebrew word used in Ex 20:13 for 'kill', and it is used throughout the OT to describe the killing of people, accidentally and deliberately, including in warfare.
I had a look at a few random articles on your question, and found the one below, which seems to explain it. It states that that God prohibits all taking of human life, except when he has authorized it. It says, "God can give a commandment, and then authorize exceptions to the commandment."
http://www.wordsfitlyspoken.org/gospel_guardian/v16/v16n13p5,13a.html
