I believe that taking a life is permissible in some circumstances. My authority is the bible for determining those circumstances.
Do you consider God "wholly other", that is to say "God's logic is different that human logic?"
So we agree that taking a human life is not an absolute, but is relative to the situation? I'm glad we agree on something. What I don't understand, is why so many do not approve of moral relativism? It happens all the time, everywhere, I believe it's a large part of what makes us human....the ability to distinguish when something horrible, is OK.
Of course, God is God, we are humans, as a matter of fact, I don't even know if God has logic...isn't it a human trait?. He created us with what we call logic, why should it even matter to Him?