I was wondering

Is it morally acceptable to kill someone in self defense or in defense of a loved one in mortal danger going by the morals of Judaic religions like Christianity and Judaism ("thou shalt not kill")? Also, would you defy those morals even if you were devoted to them (I assume..or hope most will!)?

What if your loved one was an animal, such as a dog, what would you do to someone who killed your beloved companion? Where does this fall on your moral compass?



I'd like to hear religious and non religious people's thoughts

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I will defend my family to the death,of them or me.I have no moral problem killing in self defense.
Killing in defense of a animal,no.I did take a bat to the ahole who ran my dog over though.He was swerving at him intentionaly while he was lying in my drive way.OPH
Sorry for the edit.If you go back and research the origanal text,the translation should read murder,not kill.

I would kill someone in defense of myself or my family. I don't think that makes me immoral or a danger to society. Don't attack my family and I won't have to kill you.

As far as animals are concerned it would depend in the situation, if someone injured or killed one of my pets intentionally, I'd have to kick their ass, I wouldn't kill them because of the whole jail thing.

I WOULD kill anyone who was going to/had hurt my family. A guy who became a friend of mine years ago went to jail for 2nd degree murder and got sentenced only 9years and served only 6 because he broke the back of the man (over his knee!) who raped his sister. The judge was openly leniant due to the extenuating circumstances. I would do the same.

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I would kill someone who was trying to harm my family or me.I've had a pet killed before, it was by the pound, he got loose and bit someone..he was a cat.Now, everyone knows you don't grab cats that are trying to mate from behind, especially one you don't know..except, apparently, the bitch that my cat bit.She had to have held him or trapped him, because he would have ran away.I had to work that day, and he didn't come home.I thought, I'll go to the pound first thing in the morning,I bet he's been picked up.They killed him before it even opened.When I got there, I described the cat.They took me to a room full of other cats, and in front of these live cats, lies my cat, with his head chopped off.He's been lygin in front of these live cats for 3 hours.Imagine,you caged and looking at a dead human for 3 hours.There excuse was,"well, he didn't have his collar on, and most people don't ever come pick up their cats." I loved him dearly.I went berserk.I scared the shit out of the lady there.I wanted to kill them all. I didn't though.I guess it was partly my fault, as I allowed him to get outside.I still think of how he must have thought, "mom is gonna get me from this place." I did, but I was too late.

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My family and dog are under my protection. I would try not to kill.
Maiming may be a better option.
Property like my car I would try to stop you verbally but not deadly force.

I am of no particular religion.
We all have different paths.
Sometimes our paths diverge......

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I hear ya.But I guess I'm kinda violent ..bad temper.So if anyine hurts one of my loved ones, or even threatens it, I go off.

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People yes- I think it's every mans job to protect defenseless people, those who cannot protect themselves- whether I know them or not... I would feel guilty otherwise.


Animals, depends... If some kid walked up to my dog with a knife and started stabbing my dog? I would beat the living shit out of them, and I would let the cops take that one. If I was on vacation and my neighbor had poisoned my dog? There's a saying for my opinion on that. "Eye for an eye"

I'm not religious... agnostic if anything... but I have ethical and moral standards that I want cross... and I don't want to spend my life feeling guilty for something I should have done but didn't.

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Yes, I used to go off too Stoney.
I was horrible violent, I had the "fight or flight" adrenaline rush.
The adrenaline feels good.
It is actually addictive as hell.

I have spent a lifetime learning to be calm under fire.
Do not get me wrong. I am proficient at deadly force this allows me some leeway when dealing with punks. Property is not worth any life. Screw with my family and they are dead.

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The commandment is against murder, not self defense. To defend one's self or family is acceptable, as long as your motive is purely defensive.