I know there's a commandment against killing people, but is that because it's wrong to kill people, or because God said not to? If it's just because God said so, then if God told you to go on a killing spree, obeying would be the "right thing to do", wouldn't it? Could you hold any ground by arguing with God that murder is "wrong," when God is the one who invented Right and Wrong? It seems to me like you'd kind of have to throw out either your understanding of morality or else your belief in the Righteousness of God. Which would you pick?
And don't say God would never do that; the Old Testament is full of God telling the Israelites how and when to go to war, and whether to enslave their enemies, rape their women, or just kill them all. God's Laws only apply to what you do on your own time, when God isn't talking to you directly.
(FYI: I'm just curious. I don't think God is talking to me, nor am I planning a killing spree.)
2006-10-17
21:40:10
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abram.kelly
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