(June 12, 2014 at 1:33 pm)Lek Wrote:(June 12, 2014 at 12:54 pm)Vox Wrote: No, because Christians are told to preach to everyone (Mark 16:15), it's an expectation of them to testify, defend and promote their faith. They're ordered to tell people, and at least give them the chance of accepting the Gospel.
If God orders it, it's good. It's good by virtue of the fact God wants it.
This is true.
Ah..Lek, if you don't mind may I question you about this premise? It is something I myself struggle with.
If something is automatically good because it enjoys divine sanction, regardless as to what the said act is how are we to explain it when the said action is to all visible purposes immoral?
I mean..Let's see; What about the slaying of the firstborn males of Egypt (Exodus 13:15)? We can argue that it's not immoral because they got a freeticket to heaven or something but the reason they "had" to die (Pharaoh refusing to release the Hebrews) was also caused by divine intervention (Exodus 9:12).
Christians are always told that the ends never justify the means, and yet here we see God actually creating the situation that requires him to kill.
That is hard to define as a good act.
