A Right to Lie?

If it is only me, I would choose going to the arena (if we are talking about a gladiator type), since I could do that without killing anyone because I would get to play by my own rules in a sense. I think that killing should ALWAYS be the last resort, so since one option would not kill anyone (at least at this initial stage), I would have to choose that. But if it came down to either my opponent dying, or myself dying, I would have to die since I believe that killing someone else in the arena would be wrong because they are innocent from all of what has taken place with me.

In the arena, your opponent is going to try to kill you. It's still murder on his part. So I'd say you should only disable him if possible, but if it's clear that he has no regard for God's law and is trying to kill you and the only way to prevent him is to kill him, then do. But make sure you start out on defense, not offense. That way, if he's a Christian too, he'll do the same and it will be obvious to both of you that you won't even fight.

You are correct. I wrote that up rather quickly, and didn't completely think through that last sentence. I would not kill him to just get free, but I would not stand there and let him kill me, since he would not be neutral if trying to kill me. While I would try to convince him that we don't need to fight, if he is purposefully trying to kill me, I still would need to defend myself.

Thanks for pointing that out! I will try to be more careful in the future. :)