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Open to all-would you sacrifice your child if god told you to?
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Open to all-would you sacrifice your child if god told you to?
June 8, 2014 at 10:13 am (This post was last modified: June 8, 2014 at 10:15 am by vodkafan.)
I have posted this poll as open to all, but I am expecting that only religious members will answer in the affirmative. If you received a message in your head that you were sure was god , telling you to kill your child , would you do it? We are told that Abraham was the sort of believer that God wanted. Do you come up to scratch?
It's not immoral to eat meat, abort a fetus or love someone of the same sex...I think that about covers it
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RE: Open to all-would you sacrifice your child if god told you to?
June 8, 2014 at 10:15 am
I'm pretty sure most religious people would dodge the question by claiming their god wouldn't ask them to.
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RE: Open to all-would you sacrifice your child if god told you to?
June 8, 2014 at 10:17 am
Well, first, I receive messages in my head all the time, I don't necessarily act on them.

This is about the gazillionth time this question has been asked on this forum.

I assume you mean that if it was clear it was a message from my god. I don't know what I'd do.
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June 8, 2014 at 10:23 am (This post was last modified: June 8, 2014 at 10:24 am by vodkafan.)
(June 8, 2014 at 10:17 am)rasetsu Wrote: Well, first, I receive messages in my head all the time, I don't necessarily act on them.

This is about the gazillionth time this question has been asked on this forum.

I assume you mean that if it was clear it was a message from my god. I don't know what I'd do.

Apologies rasetsu I didn't think it through that it had probably been asked before. I guess it is a bit of a dumb question as I don't suppose a religious person will answer it honestly in any case.
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June 8, 2014 at 10:25 am
Trivia question for Hitchens fans, what were the two words Hitchens said in response to being given this "what if" question? A free year's supply of pocket lint for the first correct answer.
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June 8, 2014 at 10:33 am
"Fuck You." It's the same answer I would give.
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June 8, 2014 at 10:52 am
(June 8, 2014 at 10:33 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: "Fuck You." It's the same answer I would give.

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June 8, 2014 at 11:16 am
It depends how much I liked the child.
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June 8, 2014 at 11:21 am
I'd sacrifice god, just to fuck up his/her/its day.
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June 8, 2014 at 11:26 am
Yeah, it would definitely depend on which kid.
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