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I think that the motive behind the killing is what determines whether it is murder or not. I think that hate is the deciding factor (check out Jesus' teaching on hate and murder). I light of Jesus's other teachings it may be more accurate to say that the absence of love (sometimes called hate or indifference) is what makes it murder. Jesus said that the greatest commandments are to love God and love your neighbor (other people). He also commanded that we love our enemies. In my mind, I'd have a hard time feeling love for someone while putting a bullet in their head or a knife in their back. Or, the other way around, I'd have a hard time putting a bullet in someones head or a knife in their back if I feel lovingly toward them. Of course this brings up all kinds of questions like, what about assisted suicide or euthenasia. What about war, or justice? I think these questions would be (have been) great for another thread.
There's my 2 cents.
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