(May 24, 2018 at 3:47 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(May 24, 2018 at 3:45 pm)SteveII Wrote: Three things. First, murder is the unlawful killing of a human being by another, so...on that score alone God cannot murder. Second, God has the right to judge or show mercy to anyone and everyone, so his decision to take a person's life is a judgement or in some cases, a mercy (because of the eternal soul thing). Third, God does not give commands to himself, so his actions are guided by his nature. That nature (the paradigm of goodness) would ensure sufficiently moral justification if he did decide to take a life.
god gets a pass. Kind of a do as I say and not as I do god.
A pass on what? He can't murder. Taking a life? Perfectly within the job description AND guided by a nature that cannot choose a lesser good. Your objection/analysis is overly simplistic. If that's the level of simplicity you need, you shouldn't engage in conversations containing systematic theology. The two are incompatible.
