If the God of Joshua told you to slit a baby's throat, would you?
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Since this thread is long, here's what happened for those who don't want to read it all - the Christians who answered gave an overwhelming "yes" to the question.
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Joshua killed many infants with the sword because God told him to. I see that almost everyone on this board loves that that happened, and thinks that it was a 100% good and 0% evil act.
So if the God of Joshua told you to slit a baby's throat, would you?
Yes or no? Why or why not?
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If you have answered "yes" to this, tell me how you know God is not hardening your heart as he did Pharaoh, or that you are not one of the people being discussed in 2 Thessalonians 2:11 whom God tricks? You NEED to be able to explain that before you slit the babies throat, because according the the bible the mere fact that God has convinced you to do it doesn't automatically make it the right thing to do and you may be punished for doing it by God himself! God who in Isaiah 45:7 admits "I do create evil".
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Last edited by christnow; May 23rd, 2012 at 11:56 AM.
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to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, forever. Amen. -Ephesians 3:20 & 21
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I try to be careful here because war is hard to talk about for our vets and I don't want to unecessarily drag them through garbage just for a curiosity. Is there a very good reason for doing this to them? It might be a better topic to bring up with a pastor. You need to show a bit of sensitivity on open forums.
Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, forever. Amen. -Ephesians 3:20 & 21
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways. - Let's at least work at it?
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Separation of church and State is not atheism "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."
I try to be careful here because war is hard to talk about for our vets and I don't want to unecessarily drag them through garbage just for a curiosity. Is there a very good reason for doing this to them? It might be a better topic to bring up with a pastor. You need to show a bit of sensitivity on open forums.
So your answer is "No, I would tell God he was evil". If your answer was anything else, you would have stated it clearly already without hesitation, this is not like being asked if you are going to go to the movies on Saturday.
And hiding behind Vets to cover your own cowardice in not being able to answer a question, that doesn't work for you all the time, or at least not this time.
Last edited by christnow; May 21st, 2012 at 12:10 PM.
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So your answer is "No, I would tell God he was evil". If your answer was anything else, you would have stated it clearly already without hesitation, this is not like being asked if you are going to go to the movies on Saturday.
And hiding behind Vets to cover your own cowardice in not being able to answer a question, that doesn't work for you all the time, or at least not this time.
I was going to give you a formal warning for this post but I am having a little trouble with the moderator controls so I will tell you on the open forum.
You are bring unnecessarily disruptive and you need to tone it down.
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I try to be careful here because war is hard to talk about for our vets and I don't want to unecessarily drag them through garbage just for a curiosity. Is there a very good reason for doing this to them? It might be a better topic to bring up with a pastor. You need to show a bit of sensitivity on open forums.
Do you then recommend that passages like I Samuel 15:3 in which the slaughter of infants is commanded be expunged from the Bibles read by returning vets?
Do you then recommend that passages like I Samuel 15:3 in which the slaughter of infants is commanded be expunged from the Bibles read by returning vets?
No. I recommend that we be careful and responsible. You and CN are strange. I told him I'd respond to a PM. Apparently meeting halfway doesn't works so I told him none of his business then. Why does it always have to be your way or the highway? Why wouldn't a careful and responsible handling of sensitive material be encouraged. Why "wouldn't" we want to be sensitive?
Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, forever. Amen. -Ephesians 3:20 & 21
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways. - Let's at least work at it?
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"If you were Abraham, would you sacrifice Isaac?"
NO!! That's not defiance, that's abiding by the rules. "Thou shalt not kill (another person)" is an absolute.
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Most of us make those choices when we have to.
Would you kill your child if you thought that your deity had told you to?
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