If bible says thou shall not kill why do people eat meat, wear furs, experiment on animals, and exterminate bugs and vermin?
Correctly understanding verses like this is one of the main reasons we encourage people to read the Bible. When taken in context, it is clear that Thou shalt not kill refers to murdering people. Murdering people is forbidden because people are made in God s image (among other reasons). See Genesis chapter 9, verse 6. People are allowed to eat meat because God said it was OK in Genesis, chapter 9. Wearing furs or animal skins is acceptable, since God clothed Adam and Eve in animal skins just before driving them out of Eden (Genesis chapter 3, verse 21). By the way, that does not condone the cruel way some humans, driven by greed, get those animal skins. The Bible does not talk about experimenting on animals. However, the question everyone should ask themselves is are all the people who experiment on animals Christians? We do not expect people who are not Christians to follow the Bible s teaching. To the best of our knowledge, exterminating bugs and vermin is neither endorsed or forbidde
