[CynicalBear]

>>But God said “thou shalt not murder.”<<

1 Samuel 15:18 and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.'

Evidently not all killing is murder. Just saying.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Killing and murder are two different things, yes, and anyone who takes the law into their own hands is committing murder.

But that isn't to say that just because a country passes a law that says “go forth and kill” does not mean that those going forth with that law (which says it is ok) doesn't necessarily make it ok.