All the problems with Christianity

[Tonus]

Lemme make another magic prediction, because I think they're fun: "God wouldn't tell me to do that." That's going to be the answer, because it usually is among people who profess such obeisance to god while still being relatively nice people, as Avo seems to be. It's a dodge, but you can see her setting up for it in her answer; she doesn't deal in feelings because they can be false. She goes back to the bible. It's reassuring in some ways, though unsatisfying since it ignores some crucial factors too.

It's based on the assumption that god would have good reason to ask such a thing of a person. After all, if god wanted all left-handed people dead, he could simply wave his hand (his right hand, presumably) and take care of it himself. Thus the believer must trust that god did not ask for this act randomly or without justification. Remember that Abraham was granted the gift of becoming the progenitor of god's favored nation on Earth because he was willing to kill his son at god's command.

Perhaps that is the most chilling part of it, the fact that the person doesn't need to know or understand why they must commit an act. They have to trust. The potential reward (for complying) is unimaginably great, and the potential punishment (for resisting) is unimaginably terrible. It isn't hard to understand why your average theist doesn't think it will ever happen to them. It's just as easy to understand what drives some people to commit unspeakable acts when they hear voices.