greenblue wrote:
As well, one of the 10 commandments is "You shall not kill" and the idea that suicide being a violation of that commandment, and if you violated God's law, as the last thing you did, how can you repent if you are already dead?
The commandment is "you shall not murder". Murder is wrongful deliberate homicide. Killing in self defense is permitted under Jewish law as is killing an attacker who is about to injure or kill another. If A is pursuing B brandishing a knife (say) then one is allowed to used force against A to make him/her stop even if it is deadly force. Killing as part of a just war is also permitted.
ruveyn
27 Jul 2010, 5:23 am
