RE: How would you respond to a person killing someone else because God told him to?
July 17, 2010 at 11:05 am
(July 15, 2010 at 9:29 pm)superstarr Wrote: I'll give an example. What if a person prayed to God because he/she wanted to ask what he/she should do or should be doing or whatever. And then he "orders" him/her to kill his/her family members, and he/she actually does do it. Now, how would you feel if that were you doing such a thing? (Answer not from the examples below) And as the general public, how would you feel about it if it's broadcasted in the news or in a way where you heard about it? Would you say,
A. "Oh, a direct order from God, that guy/girl must be lucky to have been ordered by the Heavenly Father."
B. "Hmm, how sad, but God knows what's best so I guess it's OK."
C. "What a freak! What kind of a God was he/she listening to? His faith is weak!"
D. "He/she needs to get that Schizophrenia treated."
E. "He/she needs to be in a mental hospital"
F. "*blank stare*"
G. (Other answer)
Not just an incident like that, but an incident involving the loss of a life, how would you respond?
EDIT: I couldn't even understand what I myself was asking, so I re-worded it a bit.
Why is there not an option, 'Join him in a killing spree'? Lots of people would be up for that, I'm sure... or is that just me?
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
