Re: To Kill or not to kill is the issue..
No, not a new custom and not a new belief, but definitely against what I believe.
Life is given by one Being, God, and should be taken away by that one Being. You take a life, especially in retribution, you condemn yourself. Self-defence is the only acceptable excuse. Not after the fact but while it is happening.
OK - that is a personal belief, not one I would push on anyone, everyone makes their own choices about this. But that is what I was taught and what I believe.