(November 11, 2012 at 11:46 am)Utracia Wrote:(November 9, 2012 at 8:51 am)John V Wrote: That's a copout. Just answer the question. If god orders one person to kill another, is that killing sinful? It seems that you don't want to say "yes," but that would be the logical answer if you really believe that killing is inherently sinful.
Considering the Israelites did just this in their genocidal sweep through Canaan we all know the answer he doesn't need to admit it.
There was no genocidal sweep through Canaan. Which raises the intriguing and troubling question of the mental health of the people who later invented such a blood-thirsty story and attributed it to their fucking "god."