Reply #65: If you're truly religious... [View All]

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He that suffers his life to be taken from him by one that hath no authority for that purpose, when he might preserve it by defense, incurs the Guilt of self murder since God hath enjoined him to seek the continuance of his life, and Nature itself teaches every creature to defend itself.

Its difficult for most modern folks to fathom, but it was once widely believed that life was a gift from God, and to not defend that life when offered violence was to hold God's gift in contempt, to be a coward and to breach one's duty to one's community.

To play the purity-before-god card is a cop out for being responsible when using your free will.