Believing Vs Claiming to Believe

[Esquilax]

My answer is the same. No. And what I would say to God, is that I'm adhering to His 7th commandment. Thou Shall Not Kill. Not to mention: Love Thy Neighbor...and Love Each Other As I Have Loved You."

I find this confusing, given that there are other stories in the bible where god orders people to kill, and their obedience to that order is lauded as dedication to god. Abraham springs to mind (remember, before he was told to stop, he was still told to kill, and he did so.) How do you reconcile these two things?

But, God doesn't talk to me in the ways men typically think He would.

So how do these divine communiques reach you? It's really hard to get a straight answer from most christians, beyond that it's not a literal voice that they hear. It'd be really useful, going ahead, to have an understanding of how this guidance manifests.