Christians: What line are you unwilling to cross for God?

[mlmooney89]

Is there a line you're not willing to cross for god?

Let's say, like Abraham, God came down and asked you to sacrifice your child?  Would you do that for him?  Or would you draw the line and say "no"

What lines are there?  I mean it's easy to say that "Oh god wouldn't ask me to do that!"  (He asked Abraham to do it, so I don't see why not).  Would you do whatever God asked you to? 

I'm sure the most common answer will be "Well, God wouldn't ask me to do something so terrible! So I'd know it wasn't god."  To which I have to ask why Abraham did not think the same thing, and what therefore makes him credible in the least?

This question gets asked a lot here lol. 😉

No, I would not kill my kid. If God asked me to do that, I would at that moment come to the realization that the God I believe in doesn't exist, because something like this would be contrary to His nature. God wouldn't be who I thought He was. It would be extremely confusing, especially to try to wrap my head around how the creator of the universe could be evil, since natural law (which comes from God) demonstrates that killing the innocent is wrong.

I could go on about how this wouldn't make any sense and wouldn't line up with... well, the world. But the short answer is, no, I would not do it.

As for Abraham, did God's voice actually sound from the skies and order Abraham to kill his son? Or was that story written allegorically, to convey some sort of message for the people of the time? When it comes to OT stories, I take the latter approach.

Your contributions are the only reason I read through these kinds of threads. They always ask Christians then there are pages of atheists responding. I know how they will converse so I scroll past it. I was looking for any Christian response but yours are always the most thought out and least likely to be attacks (not that with some of the atheists responding first it wouldn't be warranted)