RE: Four questions for Christians
July 4, 2013 at 2:14 am
(This post was last modified: July 4, 2013 at 2:15 am by Ryantology.)
(July 3, 2013 at 6:10 pm)Consilius Wrote: The Bible verse you quoted has to do with spiritual death, as you probably know. Life without God (morals), the source of "life", is death.
It is a distinction with no meaning to me.
Quote:I can't think of someone being killed on the basis of their thoughts. If you are referring to the process of "giving consent", the legal system today still punishes people for allowing crimes to happen under their acknowledgement.
I am referring to this:
Quote:But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Thinking about committing a crime is not a crime, except to God.
Quote: You are no different from the person actually doing a crime if you think it is a good thing to do, because you enjoy the fact that it has been done.
I might say the same thing about people arguing the pros of child genocide, but that doesn't mean you're guilty of the crime of genocide.
Quote:I also don't recall an example of someone being punished for something they would have done in the future or God prescribing such.
Again, that's fr0d0's assertion, justifying the slaughter of Amalekite infants and children on the basis that God knew they would pick up sticks on the weekend or commit some other equally horrifying atrocity. It is a theological issue you guys might like to suss out.
