Let me point out that the OP had claimed that God is justified in killing people for committing sin, and the Bible makes it clear that lying is a sin.
I did not say for any and all sins . . . simply God is justified if He kills someone for a sin. But He decides if and when He does this. If you know of what happened with Ananias and Sapphira, this is an example of what could be involved > it was not just any regular way of lying.
One thing I consider with their lying > they were valuing money more than loving and honest communication with other people. So, it was a work of hatred. And hatred is murder (1 John 3:15), a capital offense, according to God's word. Betraying trust is an act of hate . . . a hate crime! They were isolating themselves with their conspiracy, not loving as family with God's children.
No limitations were ever placed on what kind of lie, as far as I know, so it would seem that the seriousness of the lie is not relevant.
I wrote as I did, as an open question. It was meant for how each person would go with it
Do I suppose that any and all lies are the same? no
Do I consider all sins to be the same in how bad they are? no
We can see in God's word how punishments are different for different sins.
But two people can do the same thing, and what they do can be very different because of how each person is and the person's motives and how the person is relating with others in doing the thing. You might lie to me about how old you are, but you are acting out of fear of what I will think, because you don't know me. Someone else might lie to me because the person despises me and does not consider me legitimate to be told the truth about something personal. So, your lie might be out of insecurity, while the other is lying out of hate.
In other words, I would be just as deserving of death for saying that I hadn't cheated on my diet by eating some chocolate as the Nazi who told the Jew they would be safe if they got on the train.
I never meant such a thing. I was just asking openly, so people would feel welcome to share what they have to say. And so, you have taken this the way you have, and I intended that you would be free to do so
And I say, no, lying about your diet is not the same as tricking a Jew into getting onto a death train. And, by the way, your value system which has you covering up about your diet is not the same as the value system which had Germans lie to Nazis about if they knew where any Jews were.
So I shall ask again: What lies do regular people tell that justify God killing them?
Well, like I have offered, if you draw the line between what you say are "regular" lies, and what is worthy of death, then none of your "regular" lies are worthy of death
. . . of course.
But sin is not fair.
While you are lying about your diet, this might not be worthy of death, but it has you in distrust of the ones you lie to, and this could keep you from loving intimacy they are ready to share with you . . . possibly. And/or your lying could help to maintain you in weakness which also keeps you weak enough to keep on suffering in emotional trouble . . . possibly. So, in case you are relying on lying, instead of getting stronger in relating and emotionally, then the lying is not helping, is it? And the consequences in you are not fair. Not because God is unfair, but sin is unfair.
