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Of course it does. If I kill a man in self-defense it's different from killing in cold blood. Though in both cases the same weapon would be used in the same way and with the same result.

Of course it is different to kill in self defense. That isn't what we're talking about though. Murder is still murder regardless of the situation.

You set yourself up as the highest authority to pass judgment on those in the past that don't meet up to your superior standards.

Quite the opposite. I've pointed out that this is precisely what your church did - set themselves up as the highest authority and EXECUTED people after passing judgement on them. The judgement I passed is one of intellectual and spiritual honesty - judging fruits and message, not the soul - just as the Apostles commanded us in their writings. You know, them things you find so funny when people follow what is actually said in them instead of what you'd like us to believe is said.

Of course it is different to kill in self defense. That isn't what we're talking about though. Murder is still murder regardless of the situation.

"Murder" is a legal term. Words mean things.

Is it your position that no one who was ever executed after conviction by the Inquisition was a threat to society? That there was no justification for any of them?

The charge of "murder" is a serious one, and you seem to not understand that.

You set yourself up as the highest authority to pass judgment on those in the past that don't meet up to your superior standards.

Quite the opposite. ... The judgement I passed is one of intellectual and spiritual honesty

LOL. You're into self-parodyland now.