If God commands me to kill someone...

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God is not going to tell you to kill someone. On the other hand, He is also not going to tell you to not defend yourself (eg; The Canaanites). Moses did kill, and so did King David, and both were judged harshly by God for it. Nonetheless He forgave them BECAUSE they loved him and they knew they did wrong. I think both paid dearly. Stick with the commandment 'Thou shalt not murder' for clarification. Any other command is not from that same God.
 
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Go to Scriptures, if you would please.

James 1:13 says that God will never tempt any man with evil, nor can God Himself be tempted to do evil.

God gave us laws, and one of those laws was "Thou shalt not kill".

Therefore, he will not tell you to break one of his Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments were a part of Mosaic Law (which we are not under as Christians), however the Ten Commandments give a basic outline of what God considers to be sin and most (except for the Sabbath Law) are still considered sin to this day.

God will not tell you to commit a sin, nor will He tempt you to do evil.

There is never a point in your life where God will tell you to, or want you to, commit any evil act.

Now, there's a good question about war and fighting in a war, and the Murder law seems to conflict with obeying man's governments as they are God-ordained, and the only answer I can give to that, is that killing in a war does not constitute "murder" unless you killed a defenseless target that you knew was defenseless beforehand.
 
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And in my opinion, a thoughtless one.

What if someone (who's not looking at this from a philosophical stand point) reads this, and then later on down the road, they get the idea in their head to go out and top someone because they thought that 'God had commanded them to'. People are known to misread God's signals ALL of the time, and this is no exception.

There's also A LOT of psychopaths out there, and they could use something like this as a justification to carry out their interpretation of 'God's will'.

I'm looking at this in the most black and white way possible. Don't even entertain the possibility, because it could potentially start somebody down a very precarious road. You have no idea who's reading this - or who could be reading this in the future. In case you hadn't noticed, this is a rather large community.

Maybe I'm being too careful, I don't know...

It has been known to happen.

Andrea Yates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates

Levi Daniel Staver
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/02/19/police-investigate-richland-twp-stabbing/

Tammi Estep
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/woman-stabs-satans-spawn-683412

Dena Schlosser
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/I-...d-killer-mother/2004/11/24/1101219617415.html

Rachel Armstrong
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/11...her-believing-her-to-be-possessed-by-a-demon/
 
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Go to Scriptures, if you would please.

James 1:13 says that God will never tempt any man with evil, nor can God Himself be tempted to do evil.

God gave us laws, and one of those laws was "Thou shalt not kill".

Therefore, he will not tell you to break one of his Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments were a part of Mosaic Law (which we are not under as Christians), however the Ten Commandments give a basic outline of what God considers to be sin and most (except for the Sabbath Law) are still considered sin to this day.

God will not tell you to commit a sin, nor will He tempt you to do evil.

There is never a point in your life where God will tell you to, or want you to, commit any evil act.

Now, there's a good question about war and fighting in a war, and the Murder law seems to conflict with obeying man's governments as they are God-ordained, and the only answer I can give to that, is that killing in a war does not constitute "murder" unless you killed a defenseless target that you knew was defenseless beforehand.

Well, as others have pointed out, God cannot command anyone to do an evil act. If God commands me to kill an innocent person, it is a righteous act because He commanded it. Morality isn't absolute.
 
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Should I do it?
Clearly, God has not (no worries), but it's a thought experiment I've been struggling with.
Is morality absolute?

Generally not. It may have happened in the past, but usually God doesn't require your intervention.
 
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Well, as others have pointed out, God cannot command anyone to do an evil act. If God commands me to kill an innocent person, it is a righteous act because He commanded it. Morality isn't absolute.

So before this post that I quoted, you linked a bunch of heinous crimes committed by people who claimed God (or Archangel Michael in the one) told them to do it.

Do we have any sort of proof... no, let's not ask for proof, do you have any evidence that any such thing could possibly come from God or the Holy Spirit?

I am just not of the mind that God would tell anybody to go out and murder someone. That just... doesn't... I'm sorry, I don't accept that.

And there are no "innocent" people; we are all dead in sin from birth.

I think one really really needs to step back and re-examine their views of God if they think He is telling people to go kill "innocent" people. Is this really your view of God, the same God who sent Jesus who said "Love thy enemies as yourselves"? The same God who sent His only Son to the cross to die for our sins so that all can have salvation?
 
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It has been known to happen. And yet I think we should look at those claims by those defendants and ask if God would command them to evil.

The answer is no.

Therefore, those are not examples that support the premise behind the original post. That God could ask someone to kill for him.

 
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So before this post that I quoted, you linked a bunch of heinous crimes committed by people who claimed God (or Archangel Michael in the one) told them to do it.

Do we have any sort of proof... no, let's not ask for proof, do you have any evidence that any such thing could possibly come from God or the Holy Spirit?

Of course not! Only their word. However, do we know that such thing could not possibly have come from God or the Holy Spirit?

I am just not of the mind that God would tell anybody to go out and murder someone. That just... doesn't... I'm sorry, I don't accept that.

Firstly, as was pointed out, it would not be murder. Murder would be against God's law. If God commanded someone to take someone's life it would be righteous and justified.

And good! I don't accept it either. But seeing as plenty of others do accept it, on what basis do you refuse to?

And there are no "innocent" people; we are all dead in sin from birth.

I meant was of no threat to me or anyone else.

I think one really really needs to step back and re-examine their views of God if they think He is telling people to go kill "innocent" people. Is this really your view of God, the same God who sent Jesus who said "Love thy enemies as yourselves"? The same God who sent His only Son to the cross to die for our sins so that all can have salvation?

No, it isn't in many, many ways. But it is one aspect of Christian faith that I have seen, and that is enough of a concern to be a problem for me.
 
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It has been known to happen. And yet I think we should look at those claims by those defendants and ask if God would command them to evil.

The answer is no.

Therefore, those are not examples that support the premise behind the original post. That God could ask someone to kill for him.

Are they not? Do we know that God did not move them to do these things? How could we know?

These people were put in the very same position I am talking about (indeed it was a woman who killed her children because they were demons who essentially inspired the whole thread). Many people have said that if they believed God has commanded them to kill those children, they are obliged to. Are they wrong?

To me, it is a dilemma.
 
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It is when God asks a lesser being to do what he can do himself. I want to expand on this first response.

What it boils down to is, it is not a matter of actually questioning God.
It is a matter of questioning the individual who claims God told them to kill someone.

In a world of duality, antagonist-protagonist energies, spirits, it would I think be incumbent on the Christian to assess the question through the vernacular of scripture wherein we are told we cannot murder.

As was pointed out (and I hate to do it again), how is it murder if God commands it?

An extraneous diversion from the OT.

Did that mean OP? I don't think it is. In the spirit of the OP, how do I know it really is God speaking to me, and not my own subconscious? Why would this only be a serious question when God tells me to kill someone, and not when God tells me to attend a particular church? Is that not a reasonable question?
 
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