RE: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau
October 23, 2014 at 6:16 pm
(This post was last modified: October 23, 2014 at 6:17 pm by Christian.)
(October 23, 2014 at 6:08 pm)Beccs Wrote: By slaughtering CHILDREN!
Yeah, that makes sense.
So, to prevent their parents sacrificing children - for which there is NO evidence - to demons, Yahweh decided to murder them for his own benefits.
God did not bring death to this world. It was Adam who brought death to this world by eating the forbidden fruit.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12, NIV)
While God did command nations to kill, it's important to remember that he never commanded individuals to kill devoid of their representing a nation.
So no, I don't think you could say that it is legit for any single individual to claim that God commanded them to kill. On the contrary, one of the ten commandments is,
"You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13).
The word that God uses for murder is different than the word that is used to mean "kill" when it is carried out in war.
