If God commanded you to...

[VoidCat]

Sure. Why not?

Who am I to say no to my Gods?

Pagan gods can be imperfect just like people. I think it's better to question them and follow your own morals rather then follow blindly. I'd say no in a heartbeat to a deity if they asked me to do something and I disagreed with them morally on. After all they arent perfect and neither am I. But that's just me and how i view it. I rather die myself then kill an innocent child

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I would rudely, coarsely, harshly and crudely rebuke this god and demand it banish itself from my life.

 

[Father Heathen]

@Xavier Graham see what mean?

Sac up and tell me what your problem is with my post.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Blind trust is irresponsible and dangerous. What if it turned out to be mental illness or the devil in disguise?

Couldn't the same be said about any "revealed' commands from a god? How can we be sure that any religious commandment isn't from mental illness or the Devil?

If they make an immoral request, then they themselves are immoral, and thus unworthy of being regarded a righteous and just god.
A true test of goodness is saying no even to god when it comes to right and wrong.

But what would make the action wrong?

If we're taking as given that God, Heaven, etc. are real, murder of someone who will go to Heaven means a net benefit for the victim. If God is commanding it, it presumably wouldn't mean punishment in Hell for the murderer, so what's the downside? Where's the harm?

 

[Father Heathen]

My answer would only be heard by God.

So you whine about how other people have answered, but you don't have the balls to answer the question yourself?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

God never wanted Abraham to sacrifice his son.

... but God did want Abraham to think that God was the sort of god who could want him to sacrifice his son.

 

[Father Heathen]

Couldn't the same be said about any "revealed' commands from a god? How can we be sure that any religious commandment isn't from mental illness or the Devil?

Exactly.

But what would make the action wrong?

If we're taking as given that God, Heaven, etc. are real, murder of someone who will go to Heaven means a net benefit for the victim. If God is commanding it, it presumably wouldn't mean punishment in Hell for the murderer, so what's the downside? Where's the harm?

Even if a trip of heaven was guaranteed, it denies the victim the choice over their own life.

It's easy to make a "sacrifice" when the loss is someone else's.

 

[Father Heathen]

Sure. Why not?

Who am I to say no to my Gods?

So your gods could never do wrong regards of any lows they could stoop to?

 

[Father Heathen]

Pagan gods can be imperfect just like people. I think it's better to question them and follow your own morals rather then follow blindly. I'd say no in a heartbeat to a deity if they asked me to do something and I disagreed with them morally on. After all they arent perfect and neither am I. But that's just me and how i view it. I rather die myself then kill an innocent child

I would grab a flamberge and decapitate them, absorbing their powers ala "Highlander".

 

[VoidCat]

I would grab a flamberge and decapitate them, absorbing their powers ala "Highlander".

I feel you are referencing something but I do not get your reference.

 

[The Hammer]

So your gods could never do wrong regards of any lows they could stoop to?

They certainly can be and do wrong. But what exactly can I do, considering a God would have to power to just kill me if I disagree.

 

[Father Heathen]

I feel you are referencing something but I do not get your reference.

 

[Twilight Hue]

If God commanded you to sacrifice your child, would you do it?

Christians, suppose Jesus Himself appeared to you and gave you this command. Would you do it?

Abraham is praised for being willing to do so.

Debate point: should you sacrifice your child if God commands it?

I would tell God to **** himself and over my dead body.

 

[VoidCat]

They certainly can be and do wrong. But what exactly can I do, considering a God would have to power to just kill me if I disagree.

If they cant kill an innocent child themselves instead of asking you to do it then why do you think they have the power to kill you? After all they are asking you to kill a child. This implies they cant do it themselves

After all pagan gods can be imperfect and arent all powerful. Perhaps said pagan god who'd ask is unable to kill certain beings?

 

[Twilight Hue]

No. Such a request would reveal him to be evil.

Definitely.

Imagine ones grandfather asking his son to do that to his child? Even in jest.

How can that ever be praised or supported?

 

[Father Heathen]

They certainly can be and do wrong. But what exactly can I do, considering a God would have to power to just kill me if I disagree.

I would rather be killed than kill my son.

 

[Twilight Hue]

If they cant kill an innocent child themselves instead of asking you to do it then why do you think they have the power to kill you? After all they are asking you to kill a child. This implies they cant do it themselves

It's yet another Bible contradiction to Jesus mentioning about tying a millstone around ones neck.

Why Christians even still bother to follow this insane religion befuddles me to this day.

 

[Nakosis]

If God commanded you to sacrifice your child, would you do it?

Christians, suppose Jesus Himself appeared to you and gave you this command. Would you do it?

Abraham is praised for being willing to do so.

Debate point: should you sacrifice your child if God commands it?

No god, imo should expect to have that kind of authority.

 

[Father Heathen]

It's yet another Bible contradiction to Jesus mentioning about tying a millstone around ones neck.

Why Christians even still bother to follow this insane religion befuddles me to this day.

Jesus had some good teachings, but of course they disregard most of them.

 

[Vinayaka]

The poll makes no sense in my paradigm as my God isn't a commanding God.