When is Killing OK?

Is it ever right to kill another human being.
Why do we kill each other?

Most people believe it to be right to kill for protection of life.
Many believe it to be right to kill for protection of property.
Many believe it to be right to kill to protect money.
Many believe it to be right to kill to protect the future generations of a civilization.

In all of these cases the main point is the taking of life for the preservation of another life and or life style.
I have to ask my self is there a difference between life and life style?

Life can be extinguished in a second or over a period of time little by little.

A life style can be extinguished in a second and may or may not return for the remainder of that persons life, be it a second or 100 years.

To many a life is simply a heartbeat, a warm body with blood and energy. Some believe a life is just a body with a pulse while others believe a lifestyle is the same as a life. Is it true that when your lifestyle is degraded and the joys of living are taken away the desire to live is also taken. Therefore in essence when your lifestyle is taken so to is a portion of your life. We all know we can be murdered a little at a time through poisoning but can the same be done through denying our lifestyle a little at a time?

The Founders of America, both men and women, believed in the protection of a lifestyle through the means of killing. Did they come to the reality that living a degraded lifestyle is not living at all. Did they simply kill to greedily keep possession of what they had?

More times than not as I look back at the history of humans the justification for war or the mass killing of another civilization is the protection of a lifestyle.
We fight wars under the guise of the protection of religion, land, resources, oil, food and survival. In reality we kill because we want something somebody else has. If I kill a thief on my property it is because I want the one thing they have or are trying to take. If I kill for my religious beliefs it is because I want everything that person has including the air they breath. If I kill for my country, I want the weapons or means of doing harm that that person has and the reasons go on and on.

When you boil it down, over the history of humans; as a country or as an individual, people kill to either gain or protect their lifestyle I see no other reason.

Is it wrong to kill other humans? Yes and No. I believe in the protection by means of killing others for my life and those I love. I believe in the protection of innocent lives from evil doers who try to shorten and/or destroy them. I believe in the protection of those who protect me and my loved ones up to a point.

I do not believe in killing others for the convenience of not having to work hard for a living. I do not believe in killing others over resources, so long as, my loved ones and I can survive and live a long and reasonable existence.

Would I protect my money and property with lethal force? Yes, and the less I had the more I would protect it. Why? You may ask. Because in the world we live in you cannot maintain a long and reasonable existence without money and/or property.

Would I protect my lifestyle with lethal force? Yes and No. If I had plenty of resources then no I would not but if I were limited then Yes I would. I would share my excess with a stranger as I do now through charity and taxes.


Does GOD give me property? NO, he gives me only time and freedom, hopefully a lot of both and I hope I can make good use of both. Yes this is a complicated issue and I do not have all the answers. All things in life have a degree of right and wrong and we all have different views.


Well that's my opinion for now
God Bless and Good Nite