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<blockquote data-quote="~Anastasia~" data-source="post: 70876674" data-attributes="member: 343500"><p>No, I'm not saying that.</p><p></p><p>If "God" asked me to do something that was clearly morally bad, I would know it wasn't God I was "hearing."</p><p></p><p>And the question I think you want an answer to, can't be answered. Because the simple truth is that God wouldn't do that.</p><p></p><p>You speak of things being "currently considered morally bad" and while I don't believe that everything is completely relative, sometimes choices are forced that are essentially "the lesser of two evils" for example. That doesn't make the lesser evil, good.</p><p></p><p>Someone in another thread asked if it was ok to kill a person in self-defense, or as a soldier. The answer is that no, it's not "ok" to kill someone in any situation, but it may be morally preferable to allowing that person to kill innocents, for example. So while it might be a choice we might make, and it might be the best choice available, it still isn't "good". If a soldier comes home from war having killed someone, we understand and he may even be considered a hero. But there is still a penance for taking life. (And normally Orthodox don't receive penances.) And he would still hopefully regret that it was necessary that he had to do such a terrible thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="~Anastasia~, post: 70876674, member: 343500"] No, I'm not saying that. If "God" asked me to do something that was clearly morally bad, I would know it wasn't God I was "hearing." And the question I think you want an answer to, can't be answered. Because the simple truth is that God wouldn't do that. You speak of things being "currently considered morally bad" and while I don't believe that everything is completely relative, sometimes choices are forced that are essentially "the lesser of two evils" for example. That doesn't make the lesser evil, good. Someone in another thread asked if it was ok to kill a person in self-defense, or as a soldier. The answer is that no, it's not "ok" to kill someone in any situation, but it may be morally preferable to allowing that person to kill innocents, for example. So while it might be a choice we might make, and it might be the best choice available, it still isn't "good". If a soldier comes home from war having killed someone, we understand and he may even be considered a hero. But there is still a penance for taking life. (And normally Orthodox don't receive penances.) And he would still hopefully regret that it was necessary that he had to do such a terrible thing. [/QUOTE]
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