(February 20, 2014 at 6:09 pm)rasetsu Wrote:(February 20, 2014 at 6:03 pm)Lek Wrote: I would try to stop him. Going church religiously doesn't mean someone is a christian and, as far as I know, God hasn't told anyone to kill somebody in the last 2,500 years. I believe God could tell him to kill me, but I wouldn't accept his word for it unless God also revealed it to me. This a far out hypothetical discussion, but the principle does apply. I believe if God wants a true believer to know something, then that person will know.
Did this 'God' reveal to you that all the God mandated killings in the bible were in fact God mandated, and if so, how? How is your evidence that what is in the bible is God mandated better than a person (or group of people) telling you that they have a mandate from God? How is the bible or whatever you base your belief in God's prior mandates on better evidence than either verbal or written claims made today?
Yes, I believe that the bible is the inspired word of God. No book in the world has received as much investigation and criticism as the bible. Archeological discoveries continue to be found hat support the authenticity of the manuscripts and the timeframes of the historical claims. There's also fufillment of prophesies and many other things, which I won't get into because it would take pages and pages and you can read it from many sources on the internet.
In answer to another comment, no, I don't believe the claims of the countless individuals who have murdered and comitted other crimes in the name of God. It's a handy excuse.
