morality is absolute, so is killing wrong?

I agree with this post completely. Life is the single most precious thing we can ever possess and to take it away from another human being is the worst possible crime. Who made us God to decide who deserves to live and who deserves to die? I find it so weird how so many people go around claiming to be Christian, even 'pro-life', yet they have no problem with the state going around killing people. People who commit murder should be deprived of their freedom, but for the state to deprive them of their life is just sinking to the same level as them. It is hypocritical to say murder is wrong and then go ahead and murder someone! Similarly, just because someone is an evil tyrant killing many of his own people, it does not make it right to march in and kill thousands more in retaliation. It just reduces you to the same level. We should be better than that.

Both statements as written are wrong things to do, but I could see where it would be morally right to kill someone. If a person was trying to kill you or a member of your family. Or by killing the person, you would save a people, like killing Hitler before 1938 lets say. But to kill just to kill is wrong.

The Iraqis have an army just as the United States does. When U.S. invaded Iraq, they were fighting the Iraqi army. So now you practically tell us that those Iraqi soldiers were not really soldiers, but citizens disguised as soldiers. Now if they were, then that evidence would reveal itself. There would be numerous accidents of Iraqis blowing up feet or arms, of people being blown up by puling the plug from grenades and themselves as well. But the Iraqis did a good job of blowing up jeeps carrying Marines, planes with Marines, trucks with Marines, etc. and whole platoons. Not the job of civilians but an army. So therefore it is not a case of a gangster hiring an assassin to kill an innocent. This is a war and what we have now is the winding down of one.

Killing is illegal, therefore, to me, it is wrong. Would I kill in self defense? Yes, I would. If someone was threatening my child would I kill? Yes. Would I let someone kill me in order to save my childs life? In a heartbeat. Do I want to die? No, not anytime soon. lol Anyway, I am republican and i am really wondering what Bush is smoking. I dont know what that man is doing but he is destroying america by continuing onin this war. Put it this way, Bush has alot of blood on his hands and he will eventually pay for it.

i am not an american, but i think Bush is only trying to protect his country and fellowmen.he did not hire the soldiers to kill