Is god guilty of murder?

Answer 1

if you believe the Bible, yes
He killed all of the first born sons of Egypt...what crimes had they committed? Certainly they were just innocent children.

Answer 2

Yes technically since the crusades were in god's name. Also, he apparently flooded the Earth and killed everybody but a handful of animals and some guy in an ark.

-Seeker

Answer 3

God does kill people, but it is not murder, it is punishment for evil. As a just God he cannot let evil go unpunished. God does not like to have to kill people and will go to great lengths to avoid doing that.
"Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?" (Ezekiel 18:23)
http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=pleasure+death&searchtype=all&version1=31&bookset=4

God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorroh for their sins, but only after purposely telling Abraham, so that Abraham, to whom God had given the job of being a blessing to all families of the earth, could make an appeal on Sodom's behalf to the judge of all the earth. God was searching for an excuse not to have to destroy Sodom in spite of all the outcry againt it from its victims. However in the end not even 10 righteous souls were found there, so God had to destroy those cities.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen%2018:16-33;&version=47;

Later, God sent the prophet Jonah to Nineveh, capital city of the Assyrian Empire, the superpower of its day which was at least as violent and wicked as modern day superpowers. They would put entire cities to the sword, burn or skin people alive, impale them on stakes, cut off their ears and noses, lead away prisoners of war naked in yokes or by hooks through their noses into slavery, and carry out all sorts of atrocities calculated to terrorise others into submitting to them.

The outcry against Nineveh was very great and God was going to send his judgment on it, but he did not want to have to do that, so he sent Jonah on a diplomatic mission to try and call Nineveh to repentance. Jonah was from a country that had suffered at the hands of the Assyrians and was in danger from the Assyrian Empire, and he did not want Nineveh to be spared, so he tried to flee to Spain instead of going to Nineveh, hence the well known story of how God sent a storm and then a big fish to swallow Jonah and transport him in the right direction.

The book of Jonah ends with Jonah in a huff because the Ninevites surprisingly responded to his mission and repented, thus giving God an excuse not to destroy them, and with God trying to teach Jonah to be more compassionate towards them.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah%203:10-4:11;&version=47;

Although as a just God, God has to uphold his moral law and punish sin, he is so reluctant to punish sinners, although sin is very offensive to him, that he offers to pay the penalty for our sins himself and suffer in our stead, if we will repent and seek his forgiveness. This is why Jesus died on the cross.

God is not guilty of murder. Quite the reverse, he has done everything possible to save people who deserve to die, from dying.

Answer 4

well...i believe the bible says that he killed all of the newborns in egypt durring one of the many plagues he inflicted. So in a way, yes. Great question!

Answer 5

No, he is not.
It is not the same to kill as to murder.

Answer 6

Yes, only if the bible says it's good.

Answer 7

Hahahaha, I get to do it, lol!!

*shrug*


Yes, he is.

Answer 8

What kind of question is that?

Answer 9

*shrugs*