RE: A simple question for theists
April 3, 2017 at 9:32 am
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2017 at 9:33 am by Harry Nevis.)
(April 3, 2017 at 9:15 am)SteveII Wrote: "Thou shalt not murder" seems to apply. So, not murdering a person would in fact be obeying God. Since it is possible that your hypothetical personal instructions might be misunderstood, not originating from God, or a product of a mental defect, I would say not murdering is the right things to do. So, no dilemma, no contradiction.How is that murder? The fact that god decided he should die is not the highest of judgements?
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam
