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First, let me point out that the First Commandment (of the Ten) is not ‘Thou shalt not kill.’ But even if it was, if you look at the law of Moses (of which the Ten Commandments are a part), the penalty for killing (and other severe sins) was death. So a more accurate rendering of the meaning of the commandment is ‘Thou shalt not murder.’ It is not a blanket prohibition on any killing (which some interpret to cover the killing of animals as well–an impossible stretch, considering that animal sacrifice was also part of the law of Moses). My personal belief is that imposing the death penalty for murder shows great value of the sancity of life–someone who commits the ultimate crime should pay the ultimate penalty.
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Name : Eric Stone, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Mormon, Age : 32, City : Orem, State : UT, Country : United States, Occupation : webmaster, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,The simple, somewhat facetious answer is: when God commands us to stop. On a more analytical level, most Christians believe that Christ will return to the Earth to reign (with many variations between different Christian denominations on how this will occur and what it means.) Presumably at that time (or at some point thereafter) the Earth will reach the final, permanent population level that God wants. From the Latter-day Saint (LDS/Mormon) viewpoint, there is also the factor that we believe that the spirits of those who have lived, now live, or ever will live on the Earth all lived with God before the Earth was created. This means there are a finite number of spirits waiting to be born. When the last one comes to Earth, that’s it–no more babies.
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Name : Eric Stone, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Mormon, Age : 32, City : Orem, State : UT, Country : United States, Occupation : webmaster, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,The two groups are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and often referred to as Latter-day Saints, LDS, or Mormons) and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (headquartered in Independence, Missouri, and often referred to as RLDS). The split occured after the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The LDS, believing that the leadership passed to the senior apostle, followed Brigham Young out to Utah. The RLDS, believing that leadership should pass to Joseph Smith’s descendants, did not go to Utah. (Incidentally, since there are no longer any descendants of Joseph Smith’s direct line, the RLDS church leadership has passed to someone else.) I’m not really familiar with RLDS church doctrine, but my understanding is that it is more in line with traditional Protestant theology than LDS doctrine, except that they believe in the Book of Mormon.
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Name : Eric Stone, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Mormon, Age : 32, City : Orem, State : UT, Country : United States, Occupation : webmaster, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
