Is it right to justify murder with..."God told me to do it....", don't you think it's wrong when someone truly strong in their faith feels that they have to murder someone to please God? Why does God need to test the faith of his followers anyway?
Serious answers please, none of the "He wasn't a follower of God, blah blah blah..." crap.
2007-03-27 07:00:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
WoW by some of these answers, I should be able to just go out and kill whomever i wish to, claim that god told me to do it.
be free of all possible human punishment,
and if god exists be judged by him upon my own death.
that is of course if i do not ask forgivness before then.
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and people think that the Aztec and Inca were bloodthirsty. they at least believed in some consequence for their actions.
2007-03-27 11:02:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is written, Thou shalt not murder. So? God doesn't go against His Word.
The LORD God doesn't ask that of us. Jesus said to Love God, love others, even love enemies.
It is written to test the spirits to see if they are from God.
The LORD God asked Abraham to sacrifice His Son.. Abraham was willing to do so, knowing God would keep His promise (Abraham to be a Father of nations) and raise Isaac even from the dead. God said, "Don't do it! I will provide the sacrifice." Also, Isaac did have sin, being human, so wouldn't be able to raise from the dead. But Abraham knew God would provide the sacrifice. That is what Abraham said to Isaac on the way up the mountain. God did provide a ram stuck in the thorns. Also, God did provide His Only Begotten Son who is the Lamb of God without blemish (sin), who raised from the dead.
That is the only time the LORD God asked anyone to murder someone. Also, this was a practice the Lord hated, for peoples to sacrifice their children to devils. It made God cry elsewhere in the bible. This is one reason God let the enemy overtake Israel when it happened.
Obviously God allows people to kill others in national battles. This is one nation fighting another. But these wars need to be righteous in Gods eyes also.
2007-03-27 07:17:25 · answer #2 · answered by LottaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not justify murder, because murder implies that the action is in violation of God's commandments. For example, is a "just" war equivalent to murder? Is self-defense? There are many degrees and circumstances that define whether killing is "right" or "wrong", wouldn't you agree?
If I believed that God wanted me to defend my family from a serial killer and in doing so, I was forced to kill him before he killed my children...that seems like it would be ok?
2007-03-27 07:05:56 · answer #3 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ahhh, the Paradoxical Concepts seen in the Boondock Saints!
In my opinion, it is not for anyone to judge any other, regardless of the earthly things they have done. That is between them and God.
Live your own life as you believe God would have you do and don't worry about those that murder "for God." If God has truly asked some to "Kill for Him", then that was for that particualr individual to understand, know, and do; and it was not for you.
Listen to what God tells you to do, and leave your fellow man to his own...
2007-03-27 07:04:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 01:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not tell people to murder. He may tell people to sacrifice, execute, slay in battle etc, but not murder. The ancient language of the Bible draws distinction between killing for different purposes. There is no instance in the Bible in which God tells someone to commit the act which we call murder.
David's slaying of Goliath was an act of war. The punishments outlined in Leviticus are acts of execution for crimes. Abraham's instruction to slay Isaac was for a sacrifice. None of them are described in the original text as "murder".
2007-03-27 07:13:28 · answer #6 · answered by sparc77 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God says in so many words...the end does justify the means..it may sound cruel..but its God's will be done.
God's plan of salvation is wisdom to the believer but nonsense to the unbeliever.
2007-03-27 07:05:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, God didn't tell him to do it, he was decieved into believing it was God.
1Jo 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2007-03-27 07:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does command people to murder. Consider Abraham. Was killing his son the right thing to do? No. Did he do the right thing? No. Did it make God happy? Yes.
2007-03-27 07:04:50 · answer #9 · answered by dissolute_chemical 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People who claim that an alien, ghost, god, or devil talks to them and makes them do things are crazy. It does not matter whether the things are good or bad. These people should be locked up.
2007-03-27 07:04:45 · answer #10 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋