Sentences with phrase «commandment against killing»

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It has been a hallmark of genuine natural law theories that through rational reflection on human nature they arrive at the precise place where Scripture reports a firm commandment (against killing the innocent, for example, or violating marriage vows).

Some held that «Thou shalt not kill» is an absolute commandment, admitting of no exceptions; that this is a law of God which applies unconditionally to and against everyone.

My question is what morals do you base your life on - if it has to do with not stealing, killing, ect those have their basis in the Ten Commandments you can speak against Christianity but you can't escape it.

The title of The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the latest collaboration between writer - director Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Efthymis Filippou (The Lobster), references the ancient Greek myth of Iphigenia concerning the wrath of the goddess Artemis against Agamemnon over his careless infraction against a stern commandment.