MURDER
“Murder” is defined as the crime of
killing somebody deliberately. To commit murder is to be guilty of slaying,
assassinating, butchering, slaughtering, massacring, putting to death, etc.
Some
synonyms of murder are: assassination, slaughter, and homicide. Its antonyms
are: salvation, liberation, saving, rescuing, freeing, releasing, and sparing.
The act of murdering is illegal all
over the world . It is heavily punishable. Life imprisonment or death is the
maximum punishment.
Religiously, murder is a sin. In the
Ten Commandments given in the Bible, the fifth one says: Thou shall not kill.
In Hinduism, murder is considered a
serious sin with grave consequences leading to the murderer’s confinement in
hellish realms after death.
Jainism and Buddhism are non-violent
religions and do not permit the killing of any creature. Jainism teaches
absolute non-violence toward all living beings. In Buddhism, killing is deeply
sinful. It is a negative function. Lord Buddha said: “the rightness or
wrongness of an action centers around whether the action itself would bring
about harm to self and/or others.”
Murderous persons are : cruel,
ruthless, savage, barbarous or blood-thirsty.
They lack the qualities of forgiveness, kindness, tolerance, and mercifulness.
Here are some everlasting quotes:
1.
One
murder makes a villain; millions, a hero; numbers sanctify the crime. English Prelate
Bellby Porteus (1731-1808).
2.
One
to destroy, is murder by the law; to murder thousands takes a specious name
---war’s glorious art, and gives immortal fame. –English poet Edward Young (1683-1765)
3.
Murder
itself is past all explanation the greatest crime, which nature doth abhor.---English
Puritan leader William Goffe (1605-790.
Finally, murder in war emphasizes
its brutality, often stripping away the illusion of glory to reveal it as an
act of massive state-sanctioned violence.
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G.R.Kanwal
9th March 2026
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