... but did nothing, would this be a sin, Christians?
2007-10-14 08:54:08 · 5 answers · asked by avacado pie 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
haha, I'm not browbeating atheists, I am one! :p
this is the first question of a series. just wait and see. ;)
2007-10-14 09:00:11 · update #1
I'm not talking about "making wrong decisions."
I'm talking about bodies. Like massive genocides and killing sprees.
2007-10-14 09:01:53 · update #2
I'm not a Christian, but I think that it's incumbent on all humans to try and make the world a better place to the degree they can. This includes stopping stoppable tragedies. It's absurd to think there is merit in deliberately allowing a tragedy to befall someone to "teach them a lesson", but apparently the Christian god uses this method quite a bit.
2007-10-14 09:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
This same question is asked by parents every day. We know our chidren will make mistakes and sometimes we are aware of what is likely to happen. We let people learn from their mistakes when they do not want to learn from others mistakes.
I'm sure this is what you are talking about, because if you are talking about something like knowing that someone will be killed, or hurt badly, or something similar, then you are hanging around the wrong people.
You can't "prevent" bad things anyhow. You have some magical control over others? If so, can you get Ashley to marry me?
2007-10-14 15:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by Wire Tapped 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES !; This Terrible Tragedy is WHY Jehovah's CHRISTIAN Witnesses CONTINUE 2 Go To People's DOORS 2 Preach about God's COMING (WRATH) ! ! !
2007-10-14 15:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, you can't use that as a reason to browbeat atheists!
2007-10-14 15:58:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. To him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin (James 4.17).
2007-10-14 15:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋