Then we should really qualify knowledge. Let's agree for this arguments sake that murder is a sin by the generalist definition of sin. Is there any time when a murder could not be sin? The problem is murder is, by definition, premeditated killing. So you have intent at the minimum required for this particular sin. justifiable homicide would still have the intent and in my eyes would still be a sin. Could I get a catholic opinion on justifiable homicide. Does it qualify as a venial (or minor) sin though, even though it has intent and is objectively immoral? While more socially acceptable and intrinsically immoral by societal standards, I think most here would agree that justifiable homicide isn't "bad". Good or bad is a personal/societal moral barometer and that's how a lot of people define sin. I don't believe anyone goes to hell for acting "bad" or heaven for acting "good".
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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