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If your deity asked you to kill your child, would you do it?

If your deity asked you to kill your child would you do it?

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 16.7%
  • No

    Votes: 26 54.2%
  • I do not believe in a deity.

    Votes: 14 29.2%

  • Total voters
    48

Taylor Seraphim

Angel of Reason
Do you mean energy created I mean generated the Universe at very beginning time?

Yet no evidence exist that energy can be created but you could say that your god could break his own rules (for some reason) so I will let that one pass.

Instead I have to ask you about the Qur'on and gender roles.

Males and females have to act a certain way according to the Qur'on correct?
 

use_your_brain

Active Member
Yet no evidence exist that energy can be created but you could say that your god could break his own rules (for some reason) so I will let that one pass.

Instead I have to ask you about the Qur'on and gender roles.

Males and females have to act a certain way according to the Qur'on correct?
What is energy then?
since energy needs the mass to come into exist. then from where this mass came at the first time?
 

DeviChaaya

Jai Ambe Gauri
Premium Member
I highly doubt She ever would. But as others have said, if my deity asked me to kill a child - whether my own (unlikely, as I'm not having kids) or someone else's child than I would reject said deity as I do not believe in violating the bodily integrity of other human beings and I am moving towards non-violation of bodily integrity for all living creatures.
 

Theunis

Active Member
Hmm. So...
- God didn't want Isaac dead, but wanted to make sure that Abraham was willing to kill Isaac if asked.
- Abraham only pretended to be willing to kill Isaac, but this was enough to satisfy God.

If Abraham was being tested, exactly what about Abraham was being tested in this scenario?



You used the term "God"; I followed suit.
So - I said it was a guess. A guess is not a fact to attempt to build an argument !!

How do you deduce this. The person who is beig tested is not aware of the fact that he is being tested.

This is too obvious to warrant a reply !
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
So - I said it was a guess. A guess is not a fact to attempt to build an argument !!
No, but it's a good idea to see if a guess is reasonable.
How do you deduce this. The person who is beig tested is not aware of the fact that he is being tested.
So Abraham really did believe that God wanted him to kill Isaac? Why couldn't he recognize that God was a "God of Life" like you claim he is?
 
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