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A simple question for theists
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RE: A simple question for theists
(April 3, 2017 at 4:28 pm)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote:
(April 3, 2017 at 4:08 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: "He" is gendered (in the linguistic sense) pronoun but standard use is to refer to either a person known to be male or an unknown person of either sex. It is a convention - nothing more.

Thanks for the clarification, Neo-Scholastic. As per the op and out of curiosity, if your deity gave the order to kill an innocent person but did so in a completely peaceful, serene way while assuring you that its divine command gave you all the moral justification that was needed, then would you obey your deity's command? Would you question its omnibenevolence?  Are their some divine orders that shouldn't be blindly followed?  Thanks.

I don't know. When I reflect on both the historical and typically dire situations, I would like to believe I would be/been the hero, but there really isn't any way to know is there? If I were an early Christian would I have renounced Christ rather than die a martyr? Before the Civil War would I have been a slaveholder or an abolitionist? If I were a German in 1930's would I have succumbed to Nazi propaganda or provided assistance to fleeing Jews? Very few did. Tomorrow if, I see someone being beaten up by thugs or trapped in burning car would I rush in to save them? Whatever the circumstances I would hope to be the hero, but maybe I would be scared.

Speculation is fine but I guess the more pertinent and real question for me, one I ask myself all the time, is am I doing what God is calling me to do, right now. And I really wish I knew for sure that I was.
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A simple question for theists - by masterofpuppets - March 31, 2017 at 11:46 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Catholic_Lady - April 1, 2017 at 12:34 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 1, 2017 at 11:29 am
A simple question for theists - by KUSA - April 1, 2017 at 1:11 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by vorlon13 - April 1, 2017 at 1:12 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Drich - April 1, 2017 at 11:13 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Angrboda - April 1, 2017 at 12:23 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 1, 2017 at 12:42 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Drich - April 3, 2017 at 10:23 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Angrboda - April 3, 2017 at 11:42 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 3, 2017 at 12:43 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Drich - April 3, 2017 at 3:00 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by downbeatplumb - April 3, 2017 at 1:14 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 3, 2017 at 1:51 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by downbeatplumb - April 4, 2017 at 1:56 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Minimalist - April 4, 2017 at 2:03 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Cyberman - April 4, 2017 at 3:54 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by downbeatplumb - April 1, 2017 at 2:02 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 1, 2017 at 3:56 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Rhondazvous - April 3, 2017 at 5:05 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Drich - April 5, 2017 at 2:29 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 8, 2017 at 10:08 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 8, 2017 at 11:55 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by emjay - April 8, 2017 at 11:24 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Drich - April 10, 2017 at 9:01 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by emjay - April 10, 2017 at 11:12 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Catholic_Lady - April 1, 2017 at 11:23 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Minimalist - April 1, 2017 at 12:55 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 1, 2017 at 1:06 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by masterofpuppets - April 1, 2017 at 1:14 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 1, 2017 at 1:55 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by SteveII - April 3, 2017 at 9:15 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Harry Nevis - April 3, 2017 at 9:32 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by SteveII - April 3, 2017 at 9:57 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Harry Nevis - April 3, 2017 at 2:13 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Cyberman - April 4, 2017 at 9:53 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Minimalist - April 3, 2017 at 1:11 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Catholic_Lady - April 3, 2017 at 12:35 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 3, 2017 at 1:04 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by RoadRunner79 - April 3, 2017 at 1:41 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 4, 2017 at 7:37 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2017 at 9:52 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 4, 2017 at 10:54 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by RoadRunner79 - April 4, 2017 at 11:23 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 4, 2017 at 11:51 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by RoadRunner79 - April 4, 2017 at 12:15 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2017 at 12:34 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by RoadRunner79 - April 4, 2017 at 12:42 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 4, 2017 at 2:03 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Harry Nevis - April 4, 2017 at 11:08 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Catholic_Lady - April 5, 2017 at 12:04 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by MysticKnight - April 8, 2017 at 9:51 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by masterofpuppets - April 3, 2017 at 1:52 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Catholic_Lady - April 3, 2017 at 2:04 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 3, 2017 at 2:22 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by henryp - April 1, 2017 at 1:24 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Flavius - April 1, 2017 at 4:23 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Minimalist - April 1, 2017 at 6:40 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 3, 2017 at 9:21 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by SteveII - April 3, 2017 at 9:28 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 3, 2017 at 9:47 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Faith No More - April 3, 2017 at 10:55 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by SteveII - April 3, 2017 at 11:13 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Faith No More - April 3, 2017 at 11:55 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by SteveII - April 3, 2017 at 12:12 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 3, 2017 at 12:48 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - April 3, 2017 at 12:04 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by henryp - April 3, 2017 at 9:40 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Grandizer - April 8, 2017 at 11:45 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by TubbyTubby - April 3, 2017 at 10:44 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by masterofpuppets - April 3, 2017 at 10:51 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by RoadRunner79 - April 3, 2017 at 11:04 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Minimalist - April 3, 2017 at 1:56 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - April 3, 2017 at 3:49 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 3, 2017 at 4:08 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - April 3, 2017 at 4:28 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Neo-Scholastic - April 3, 2017 at 5:49 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Rhondazvous - April 3, 2017 at 6:56 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 4, 2017 at 11:12 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by Minimalist - April 4, 2017 at 1:48 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 4, 2017 at 1:55 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by MysticKnight - April 4, 2017 at 7:10 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by Brian37 - April 5, 2017 at 6:55 am
RE: A simple question for theists - by henryp - April 5, 2017 at 9:36 am
A simple question for theists - by KUSA - April 5, 2017 at 2:51 pm
RE: A simple question for theists - by The Grand Nudger - April 8, 2017 at 3:08 pm

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