Your GOD Orders you to kill.....?

Question

The Bible orders you to kill witches; it is the explicit, unequivocal commandment of your God (Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 20:27). And no, I'm not "taking those verses out of context;" go ahead and look them up. I'll wait.

I am a witch ... a card-carrying pentagram-wearing circle-casting Tarot-card-reading Sabbat-celebrating witch (merry meet!). If we met, and I assured you that I am in fact a witch (I'll swear to it on your Bible if you like), would you kill me? If not, why not? You should obey God rather than men (Acts 5:29). Are there any other parts of the Bible that you routinely disobey? Does this mean that you have a rebellious spirit, and need to repent?

Or does it perhaps mean that you obey only the easy commandments of God ("Love thy neighbor") and ignore the commandments that might get you into trouble?

How would you like it if MY holy book ordered me to kill Christians? Would it make you a little bit nervous if we got into the same elevator?

Answer 1

That 's why the Hypochristians stoned,burned,mutilated such millions of people through the such called "the saint inquisition",thousands of indians dyed by the swords of the christians spanish invaders wich with the excuse to save souls from the pagan religions,they comited the more cruel atrocities in america..following the comands of his cruel and sadistic god.........

Answer 2

Keep in mind, that there was no Salvation before Christ. Even the most holy person went to an abyss that was "Hell." - but lets not get into that too much right now. The Law of the Old Testament was fullfilled in the New Testament when Christ came. Those "rules" implemented to the Jewish people who were under the Law of Moses were often to protect them from harm.

You have to be very careful when reading the Old Testament because a LOT of the references have to do with the time-period and the way things were. Take, for instance, the not eating of certain types of meat. Back then, disease was easily spread and if someone took ill due to tainted or diseased meat it was pretty much a death sentence. Some of the rules, such as not eating pig meat, were implemented in the OT to protect the Jews.

I am not going to go into those passages in depth right now because I am not a Biblical historian and I would be doing everyone a great disservice by trying to explain those particular passages clearly. However, I will say this, a "sorceress" as is mentioned in those passages, is someone who worships and glorifies Satan, and, according to the [unfulfilled] Law, they had to be delt with because of the added harm they could inflict. (As a very poor comparison - it is similar to how we use capital punishment on people like Hussein - without being stopped, they could cause even more harm)
Again, since Christ had not died yet, the Law was unfullfilled.

However, when Christ came, He said "I am not here to change the law, but to fullfill it." He then instituded the Greatest commandment - Love God above all things and Love your neighbor as yourself. You mentioned this was an "easy" commandment, when in fact, it is the hardest of them all. It is the commandment that ties all of the other commandments together. One cannot carry out fully the other commandments without first obtaining Love.

It is extremely difficult to Love someone who is persecuting you, hating you, accusing you, making false testimony against you, humiliating you, etc. If you really think about what TRULY Loving one's enemy really means - it is by no means "easy."

Answer 3

Well I think the problem is that God also states that He is the one that sets up the government and authorities that govern over us. God also commands that we are to obey our government.

Romans 13:1-2 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

Let's take the U.S. for instance, since it is against the law to murder we are to obey that law. Our government does not command us to kill witches. Hence if we go about killing witches we will be punished.

On the other hand God directly setup the government for the nation of Israel and the law to kill witches was one of the laws God set up for that particular nation. Therefore, those living in Israel at that time must obey that law since they are to obey the governing authorities.

Answer 4

in the 10 commandments it says Thou shalt not kill.... those are directly from God. you do not make me nervous, but obviously you are a bit on edge? I would not call on you for advise or wisdom as I am told not to...

Jesus came to abolish the law and complete the old covenant... and start a new covenant. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and Love thy neighbor as thyself.... in doing these 2 things you take care of all the rest of the commandments.

I pray that you find some peace in this and get past the anger that is filling you because of the history of the bible.

Answer 5

"Why did God's laws speak so strongly against sorcery (Leviticus 19:31; 20:6; 27; Deuteronomy 18:10-12)? Sorcery was punishable by death because it was a crime against God himself. To invoke evil powers violated the first commandment to not worship any other god. Sorcery was rebellion against God and his authority. In essence, it was teaming up with Satan instead of God"

What do you mean you're a witch? What does that entail? What do you believe?

Answer 6

The commands in Exodus and Leviticus were part of the Law given to the nation of Israel. Jesus fulfilled that law and replaced it with a new covenant - based on these 2 commands:

To love God with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength

and

to love your neighbor as yourself.


So - no. I would not kill you. In obedience of the GREATER command of the King Christ Jesus to "love my neighbor". Judgement belongs to him, not me.

Answer 7

Well since i don't really have a religion i would have to go with the fact that the bible says thou shall not kill and it would be on my conscious all of the time.

Answer 8

First of all, grow-up. Do you routinely NOT think before you ask such stupid questions that have been answered and laid to rest many times before? Make me nervous? Doubtful. Very doubtful.

Answer 9

Pray for the right understanding because nobody can fully understand it unless he is given the wisdom from God.

Answer 10

Yes God tells us not to kill but he also says for us to protect ourselves and family. And to fight when we have to.

A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time of war, and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:8.

God Bless our troops!!