Which do you believe is most accurate?
Studying the history of religion is great. What makes it greater is what we, as a species, learn from it.
Personally, I'm with the Hindis on this one: there is universal truth but there is not a universal requirement for behavior. There are a lot of "It depends".
Example; is self-defense moral? IMO, yes, but there are a lot of "it depends" such as "Did I provoke the attack in the first place"?
If we are to believe that our actions as mortals affect our post-mortal existence, then we're not really talking about "killing" people, right?
More like "Kick out of out of the club"? They just move on to wherever we all go.
OTOH, if killing them means they are D-E-A-D forever, then so what? No posts-mortal consequences, only mortal ones.
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