Theists, some questions

[TheBeardedDude]

OK, I'll take this bait.

If God said that I had to kill someone and I was 100% sure that it was God telling me to do it . . .

God is in the unique position to KNOW 100% what needs to be done. For instance, if you were in the position to where you absolutely, 100% knew that your neighbor was going to blow up the world tomorrow unless you burned his house down with him inside (assuming that was the only way to stop him), would you? It would be irresponsible not to, right?

When someone has 100% knowledge of what needs to be done, you listen. It does not mean that you have to be happy about it. Jonah was not happy about what God asked him to do, and probably the better example would be Abrahams reluctance to kill his own son. Isaac was not really thrilled about it either.

OK, bring it on . . .

But is that a moral action if you are doing it because you are told to do it? God isn't telling you why, God is just saying to do it. Can that even possibly be a moral action? You bring up Abraham and Isaac, that clearly demonstrates the answer to the prior question. It isn't a moral action to simply blindly follow the commands of an authority figure. (Hitler gave some pretty messed up orders too).

If I knew someone was going to kill someone else, I would not consider it a moral action to take their life in order to prevent it. There are other means of prevention.