"Thou shalt not kill" is a rule that appears in every shortlist of rules that has been issued by any king, ever. The rule is there because every society has th

"Thou shalt not kill" is a rule that appears in every shortlist of rules that has been issued by any king, ever. The rule is there because every society has that rule. It doesn't apply to how you treat people that the king doesn't like, of course. But that exception applies equally to hittite kings and christian kings. There are other commandments that are characteristic of christianity, but this is not one of them. "Thou shalt not" commandments are basically the same in all cultures. The "thou shalt" commandments are not.