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Bonocorium
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If God told you to kill your innocent friend next to you, would you do it?
I dont know how to answer.
I dont know how to answer.
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Michael1966
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I’d simply say “no, because I wouldn’t believe that had come from God”. Maybe that would lead to somewhere more interesting about discerning the voice of God in our lives.
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Christy_Beth
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In the Old Testament Abraham was asked of God to sacrifice Isaac, his son by his wife Sarah. But God stopped him at the last moment and provided an animal for the sacrifice. I think God can ask us to do something sometimes just to see if we would be willing to follow His call. But, to be honest, I don’t think stuff like this happens today. I mean, we aren’t asked to kill innocent people to show our faithfulness. There are other ways for Him to ask us to show that faithfulness. 
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robwar
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except for the example of Abraham and Isaac, God is not in the business of asking people to do things that are against God’s stated law. This is a hypothetical question which usually are traps. As someone stated above very well, the Isaac situation was a test of Abraham in a time and areas where child sacrifice was common.
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Nimzovik
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If the voices in my head told me to kill myself - would that be a hostage situation?
If I killed my clone - would it be considered suicide?
Such questions are unanswerable due to the sillyness factor. Unless you are Abraham of course…
If I killed my clone - would it be considered suicide?
Such questions are unanswerable due to the sillyness factor. Unless you are Abraham of course…
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ellzeena
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Such a “voice” does not come from God since God is incapable of evil and the taking of life is evil. My question: why ask this? Is this happening to you? If so, investigate this with a physician.
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JRKH
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My answer would be Yes.
Now maybe that sounds weird to most sensibilities but I provide this very basic and simple answer to a very basic and simple question. So I go on to explain…
"If God told you…" The question makes no qualifier… no room for doubt…
It is actually GOD who commands this of me and I know that it is God.
"…innocent friend…" again, no qualifiers…my friend is objectively innocent and being thus innocent (before God) would not be sent to hell.
So - I obey God and my friend goes to heaven.
Such a response is likely to truly surprise the one who asked and so NOW - - - - There will begin the many additions and qualifiers that were NOT stated in the original question and which could and likely would modify or completely reverse the answer.
Things like those already expressed in other people’s replies like how does one know it is really God, and is the person truly innocent and sure of heaven etc.
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JRKH
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I doubt that the OP is hearing voices…I hope not based on my previous post…It seems more like this is a question posed to him by someone else, probably an Atheist.
In such a case, your answer would be inadequate since there are ample examples in the OT of God commanding his chosen ones to kill others.
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triumphguy
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No, because it would’t be God saying that.
God’s already played that card with Abraham, and couldn’t go through with it
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MarcoPolo
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Ditto exactly.
This world is not the last word and assuming the premises are true.
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ChurchSoldier
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As a rule, the first question we ask when receiving a revelation or instruction from God is “does this go against what God has revealed to us through Scripture?” If this answer is that it goes against God’s teaching, then no we do not conform or act.
A common example is when someone who is committing adultery and considering leaving their spouse says “I feel its God’s will that I’m with them…” . No it isn’t, because God’s will would never have you break a commandment.
Someone seeking the Lord would not repetitively ask a question like that to the point it would become annoying though…
A common example is when someone who is committing adultery and considering leaving their spouse says “I feel its God’s will that I’m with them…” . No it isn’t, because God’s will would never have you break a commandment.
Someone seeking the Lord would not repetitively ask a question like that to the point it would become annoying though…
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Ohana
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But wait. Abraham and Isaac came before Moses. Therefore the “Law” had not yet been given. ???
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Skye_Ariel
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No I would not because God would not tell you to kill someone or harm someone so if you are hearing a voice tell you to do something against the law then IT IS NOT GOD.
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pablope
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God would not contradict the moral/natural law.
1sam15:
22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has rejected you as king.”
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bzkoss236
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Exactly, if there were some way to know that it was without a doubt God, then you shouldn’t say no. However, if I were just hearing voices claiming to be God, and there is doubt, then my answer would be most assuredly no.
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JRKH
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Precisely.
When a person asks a question like this they are generally trying to trap you. They have in their head certain responses for which they have pat answers - so the question is designed to trap. I try not to play that game.
I find that when dealing with people who are trying to trap you - it is good if you can “break up” their line of thought. My “Yes” does just that. It is not the answer they expect…and they are taken aback trying to figure out what sort of Christian that makes me…In other words it scrambles their brain. They can’t select one of their “prepared” answers.
But then - in the explanation of why you said yes you turn the issue back on them - on their question. “Yes” is the correct answer to the precise question that they asked.
Further - it demonstrates to them that you have a very different “world view” wherein corporeal death is not the end or something to be feared by the innocent.
This is likely something that they will not be able to incorporate…but then it seems many Christians have that same problem (myself included).
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Delaine75
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My answer is NO. One of the Commandments is thou shalt not kill. I don’t think God would ever make us go against one of His own Commandments. If someone is hearing something (hypothetically, of course) that is telling them to kill their innocent friend, my guess would be it is definitely NOT God telling them to do it!
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ccmnxc
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- Nobody is “innocent” so the person you are dialoguing with gets it wrong right away.
- How does this person propose God “tells” you to do something? Appearing in front of you and talking to your face? Not likely.
- God is the bestower of life. He has given us all we have and all we know. He is our final judge as well. I’d say He has every right to give and take life as He sees fit.
- If it is somehow okay to kill ants since they are lesser beings than us, then it is also okay for God to kill us since He is infinitely greater than us.
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CarolNoel
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There is no way I would do it. Could not believe it came from God.
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Neildown
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I’d say yes on the basis of JKRH’s response. However, I would also add the fact that such a ridiculously hypothetical scenario isn’t even compatible with real-world events - and anyone who would make a conclusion based on the response is disillusioned. There is no need for sacrifice any more, not to mention God doesn’t ask people to do crazy things without a reason. So either this would have to be a legitimate Arbaham/Isaac thing (and there wouldn’t even be a death) or the person really wasn’t innocent in the first place. Either way, it’s just a poorly-made cheap shot at people of faith.
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