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Murder is not *always* wrong, BBtB. That's just your culture speaking. If I could murder one guy to save millions of others (or the entire planet), is that murder wrong? Not to me anyway.
There were even societies where murder wasn't/isn't always wrong. The murders weren't *called* murders, of course...
1) The Aztecs had loads of human sacrifices: institutionalized murder to please the gods.
2) The Spanish invaders of south-America slaughtered the natives without any moral problems, because they were not Christians. Hell, even after conversion, they were slaughtered in the thousands. This was murder to spread the word of god.
3) in medieval Japan, samurai could murder any normal citizen without any moral/legal problems. It was acceptable.
4) in some Muslim countries it is acceptable to murder someone if they insulted your honor. In some cases, one has to pay bloodmoney, in others that isn't even required.
The restriction on anyone following a belief system also isn't always wrong in all societies. One only has to look at fascism/nazism/communism to see that.
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