If god came down and asked you to slay an atheist (maybe me), would you do it?

Question

And I don't want to hear any "he wouldn't ask me to do that" answers.

Answer 1

slay? what, are you a dragon? :P
Well I'd have to wonder why I'd be hearing voices and have to commit myself.

holy crap, look at that up there ^
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Answer 2

http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/way.html

Can prayer be considered the highest standard of finding the truth? No, because many belief systems pray, but the end is often different between the various systems. It is believed by many that there are demons or evil spirits. These spirits can answer prayer, even if the prayer is genuine. These spirits can deceive the one praying that they think it is the true God, or one of His servants. The Bible itself say's:

Matthew 24: MKJV
24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders; so much so that, if it were possible, they would deceive even the elect.

So we can conclude that prayer is not the highest standard to measure truth. I am not saying that one should not pray, but that the answer to prayer is not to be trusted unless it aligns itself with the true God, and the standard He has, which we are now trying to find.

How about a spirit? If one has been visited by a spirit or multiple spirits, or even thousands of visitations; can they be used as the highest standard of truth? No, just like above. There are false spirits that can lie. Look at how many belief systems claim to have visits by a spirit or spirits, yet these belief systems and the supposed spirits themselves have had different roads to God. Let me quote from the Bible and then from one of my pages:

2 Corinthians 11:14: And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Galatians 1: NKJV
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

From one of my pages:

Galatians 4:8 says these gods, by nature, are not real. In 1 Cor 8:4-6 (MKJV) we begin to understand a little more:

4 ... we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.
5 For though there are those who are called gods, whether in Heaven or in earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
6 but there is to us only one God...

and:

Deut 32: MKJV
16 They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods ; with abominations they provoked Him to anger.
17 They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new ones newly come up, whom your fathers did not fear.

1 Cor 10:20-21 (MKJV) sums up this point well:

20 But I say that the things which the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. And I do not desire that you should have fellowship with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of a table of demons.

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So saying, we can conclude that spirits are not trust worthy alone to be the true standard. Yet some spirits could be of the true God, therefore all spirits should be tested by another standard, the one we seek.

A quick note, we can use the above conclusion about a visitation by one claiming to be God as well, or Christ, or any supposed voice claiming such. God, Himself, must be subject to His own standards. So that false gods can be judged to see if they are the True God. This then, would also make Him good. Because, He would therefore not change.

Numbers 23: MKJV
19 God is not a man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?

Ecclesiastes 3: MKJV
14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it...

Matthew 19: MKJV
17 And He said to him, Why do you call Me good? There is none good but one, that is, God...

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Answer 3

Well I'm not atheist, but I wouldn't kill for a God that wouldn't kill for me...and there are a few people I'd like to drop dead and he hasn't come down and help will that...so in answer to your question Hell No! lol

Answer 4

I can't imagine what I would do or feel if a god "came down" and talked with me face to face, but I like to think that the answer to your question would be NO.

Answer 5

Like when he asked Abram to sacrifice his son, Abram was obedient, and faithful that God would fullfill His promise of a great nation coming from his seed. As for today, I don't think that God would need a faithful Christian to slay you. If God came down and asked you to repent would you?

Answer 6

I don't think I could slay someone in cold blood, but under the right circumstances I would.

Answer 7

That depends.

Honestly, if they present a threat to me or someone else, I have no problem taking a life, of ANY religion.

If I did, in fact, believe in God, and that God were to tell me that the safety of myself or someone else was in danger, I would not hesitate to render them incapable. Of course, it may be difficult for me if they are physically superior, but psychologically, I would not suffer.

BUT, if there were no reason, or I simply didn't feel it was warranted, no, I would not take ANY life, regardless of religion.

Answer 8

No; the question is academic. Anybody who "came down" and asked me to do that wouldn't BE God, by definition. Like the saying about Buddha - "If you see the Buddha by the side of the road, kill him; for the true Buddha is in your heart."

Answer 9

I would seriously consider it, then I would go get my head checked. What would an atheist like me be be thinking God spoke to him for? It would make no sense.

Answer 10

"God said, "Thou shalt not kill." Sounds pretty simple to me."

Yes, luvdalz68, and conveniently he said that AFTER he orders the Israelites destroy every single tribe and kingdom in their path - Amorites, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites, Stalactites, Stalagmites, Meteorites...