Today, I played God.

[Scuba Pete]

You brought up the issue of standards, not I. Practice what YOU preach. In fact you keep pushing the issue, and you blame ME?

As for my comments being "caustic, rude, unnecessary, and unwelcome"... I would suggest that they seem so since they disagree with you. I find your ill founded bashing of Retrorich's standards to be completely off mark.

 

[retrorich]

And Retrorich, you and I have a fundamental disagreement on whether or not the Bible is inspired and so I respect your opinion... In my first post, I believe I clearly stated that an atheist or someone who doesn't hold the Bible as the standard to follow would not be bound by it... However, I think as a Christian, one should consider the Bible's viewpoint on the matter before making statements that 'all living things are sacred' or that 'a person is a murderer if they kill a cow, or cut down a tree'...

What I said was: "I don't believe in God. But I do believe in the sacredness of life. I was a vegan vegetarian for five years, but had to give it up for health reasons. I hate killing." I never used the word "murderer." However, since you brought up the point, I WOULD consider the person who posted "It's much more fun to put lighter fluid on bugs and watch them run around on fire" to be a murderer, because of the sadistic motivation for his/her killing.

And for the record, I have a great deal of respect for all the things, living and nonliving, that my God created, and would not unnecessarily harm a living thing (I put spiders out of the house before my wife has the opportunity to execute them), but I merely stated that I don't think the original poster incurred bloodguilt by killing said insect, nor do I think he or she did anything wrong for making a determination of whether it should live or die.

I was the original poster (thread starter). I did not kill the insect. It landed by accident (or by God's plan?) into my cup of coffee. I did my best to rescue it. In moving around of its own volition, it fell off the edge of my desk, out of sight and reach. This occurred before I could make a decision about killing the insect to put it out of its apparent misery.

Compassion is certainly something the Bible would support, as would appreciation for all God's creation...

What the Bible supports is irrelevant to me, but you are cetainly entitled to consider it relevant to you.

 

[McTwitchFlea]

I dont know about any of this because I'm jewish

 

[michel]

Shalom McTwitchFlea,

As thiss is your first post here, I thought I would like to take the opportunity to welcome you to Religious Forums!



You might like to introduce yourself to the other forum members, by posting on:
Are you new to ReligiousForums.com?


Please feel free to ask questions, if you have any. You might like to check out our article with links for our newer members; from there, there is also a link to the forum rules which you ought to look at.

Have fun, and I look forward to seeing you around.

Michel.
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=21

 

[Scuba Pete]

Frubals on your head McTwitch! I assume you are a theist, and the discussion is about the apparent qualities of a God. There are no right or wrong answers, so tell us what you think!