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If God ordered you to kill your child, would you do it?

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husker
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:17 am
The God of the New Covenant through Jesus Christ would not ask this.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:17 am
So, uh, god turned over a new leaf?
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fishin
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:21 am
He traded in the fig leaf for palm. Wink
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husker
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:22 am
fishin' wrote:
He traded in the fig leaf for palm. Wink

That works considering yesterday was Palm Sunday :wink:
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Derevon
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:23 am
Terry wrote:
Deveron, so you think it is OK to slaughter other people's children, if God tells you to? I am relived that an ocean separates you and my children!


Umm? I haven't said that.
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BoGoWo
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:23 am
husker wrote:
The God of the New Covenant through Jesus Christ would not ask this.


then i must be a different god; but a god never the less (much less).
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blueveinedthrobber
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:28 am
It depends on how much I'd been drinking and what meds I was on......
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:39 am
husker wrote:
The God of the New Covenant through Jesus Christ would not ask this.

Waitaminute: God changed? When did that happen? Did I miss a memo?
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husker
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:43 am
joefromchicago wrote:
husker wrote:
The God of the New Covenant through Jesus Christ would not ask this.

Waitaminute: God changed? When did that happen? Did I miss a memo?


Come on Joe you cannot be serious! I'm not going to go into this. Leave it at that unless you are seriously questioning.
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:43 am
Derevon wrote:
If somebody's child necessarily had to die for some strange reason, that could be arranged without involving the parent. Murder is contrary to love, and therefore contrary to God. Accordingly, God wouldn't order anyone to kill his/her child, since that would be to act against himself. Therefore the whole scenario is inapplicable as I see it.

So then Abraham, when he heard God order him to kill Isaac, was just as nutty as Deanna Laney, the Texas woman who heard God tell her to kill her kids and did exactly that. Wouldn't you agree?
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CerealKiller
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:45 am
In the way you've outlined the supposition Yes I would follow Gods instructions. I would also question why, which I guess would make me a not-so-obedient follower, something like Joan of Arcadia.
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:47 am
husker wrote:
Come on Joe you cannot be serious! I'm not going to go into this. Leave it at that unless you are seriously questioning.

Husker, if I understand you correctly, you're suggesting that God changed in some fashion between the Old Testament and the New Testament. Presumably, that change had something to do with Jesus Christ. But if there was a change, what was it? More particularly, why did God go from a guy who would tell folks to kill their own kids to a guy who would never do something like that?
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:48 am
OK, Joe, that pic is too small for my poor eyesight--which Cubbie is that?
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BoGoWo
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 08:49 am
husker wrote:
joefromchicago wrote:
husker wrote:
The God of the New Covenant through Jesus Christ would not ask this.

Waitaminute: God changed? When did that happen? Did I miss a memo?


Come on Joe you cannot be serious! I'm not going to go into this. Leave it at that unless you are seriously questioning.


Witch 'god' was that, you say; 'god of the New Coven'?
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 09:15 am
I had to vote for 'which child', because if I ever have more than one, and one is a complete terror despite great parental rearing, I might just fake voices in my head saying that god told me to do it. I'd go for a temporary insanity plea, and spend a few months in a nice cushy room. Seems worth preventing a lifetime of grief. Laughing
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BoGoWo
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 09:21 am
of course there still is that option................

er, being a good parent? :wink:
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 09:25 am
I figured I had implied 'if good parenting fails', but it hardly matters, given that I have a strange feeling that I'll be one of those annoying parents who hates all children except my own, who of course, will do no wrong. Wink
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Derevon
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 09:34 am
Setanta wrote:
Derevon wrote:
My view:

If somebody's child necessarily had to die for some strange reason, that could be arranged without involving the parent. Murder is contrary to love, and therefore contrary to God. Accordingly, God wouldn't order anyone to kill his/her child, since that would be to act against himself. Therefore the whole scenario is inapplicable as I see it.



So one is safe in assuming that you give no credence to the biblical account of Abraham and Isaac?


The literal interpretation as a factual historical event? No.
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 09:38 am
Setanta wrote:
OK, Joe, that pic is too small for my poor eyesight--which Cubbie is that?

That would be Hall-of-Famer Hack Wilson.
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BoGoWo
 
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Reply Mon 5 Apr, 2004 09:42 am
Hmm; is that "Hack" of the 'Lizzy Borden' variety;

i must look into the fate of his children...................
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