>>But the the word "kill" comes from a Hebrew word "ratsach", which means "... killing without just cause...". So more accurately the modern day scriptures are translated to say "Thou shalt not murder".
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>Fair enough but either you're saying that execution is killing WITH just cause (which negates your argument vs capital punishment), or without (which makes it murder anyway).


You won't get an arguement from me one or another. A monster like Saddam can either rot in jail or hang far as I'm concerned. But I'm agree that monsters, like Saddam, deserves what they get.


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>Or do the scriptures allow capital punishment by these words? (I know they were well into stoning people to death, for instance, for petty "crimes" like adultery or pre-marital sex)

I don't know if "allow" is the right word.

I don't believe in stoning someone for petty crimes... I think they should be boiled in oil or tarred & feathered. :)

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>I'd've thought you were arguing against ANY form of killing.

Nope. I would kill for self defense or to protect others from being murdered if I had the chance.