RE: Christianity actually condones murder
January 2, 2017 at 10:25 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2017 at 10:26 am by Redoubtable.)
I have drawn many Christians into a revealing debate when it comes to 1 Samuel 15:1-3
[1] Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. [2] This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. [3] Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”
Now, after presenting this I simply ask:
Is it always wrong to kill an infant?
If they say yes, then God was the author of sin as he commanded Saul to kill infants and this destroys the Christian conception of God.
If they say no, then there you have it, despite the spirited opposition to abortion, if God says to kill babies then it's moral when God says so. At that point that basically undermines a lot of Christian (particularly Catholic) talking points about the "dignity of man" and acts considered "intrinsically evil". And on just a visceral level, admitting such a thing (that it is potentially moral to kill infants as Saul did) is just so morally disgusting.
[1] Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. [2] This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. [3] Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”
Now, after presenting this I simply ask:
Is it always wrong to kill an infant?
If they say yes, then God was the author of sin as he commanded Saul to kill infants and this destroys the Christian conception of God.
If they say no, then there you have it, despite the spirited opposition to abortion, if God says to kill babies then it's moral when God says so. At that point that basically undermines a lot of Christian (particularly Catholic) talking points about the "dignity of man" and acts considered "intrinsically evil". And on just a visceral level, admitting such a thing (that it is potentially moral to kill infants as Saul did) is just so morally disgusting.
