Christians! : What would you do if....

VermilionUK · Post by **VermilionUK** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:37 pm

Hypothetically speaking, and assuming God exists:
If you were demanded- by God - to kill an innocent child, would you do it?

scottlittlefield17 · Post by **scottlittlefield17** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:24 pm

That is an absolutely unanswerable question. In order for that to happen the God that I believe in could not exist because he would never ask such a thing. It would go against his nature completely and he says he cannot go against himself.

Coyotero · Post by **Coyotero** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:46 am

scottlittlefield17 wrote:That is an absolutely unanswerable question. In order for that to happen the God that I believe in could not exist because he would never ask such a thing. It would go against his nature completely and he says he cannot go against himself.

Abraham and Issac?

scottlittlefield17 · Post by **scottlittlefield17** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:39 am

Ahh yes, God did not let the boy get killed. If it would have been possible for him to allow it I believe he would have, to test Abraham even more. Then raise Issac from the dead. But it was not possible for God to go against himself.

Coyotero · Post by **Coyotero** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:56 pm

scottlittlefield17 wrote:Ahh yes, God did not let the boy get killed. If it would have been possible for him to allow it I believe he would have, to test Abraham even more. Then raise Issac from the dead. But it was not possible for God to go against himself.

The OP said :
"Hypothetically speaking, and assuming God exists:
If you were demanded- by God - to kill an innocent child, would you do it?"

It does not specify whether or not God will intervene... Which I dare say changes the field a little bit, no?

scottlittlefield17 · Post by **scottlittlefield17** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:38 pm

Yes, because I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he will not allow it to come to pass, if he truly indeed commanded it as a test.

Coyotero · Post by **Coyotero** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:58 pm

Fair enough.

Good to see you back on the boards, Scott.

scottlittlefield17 · Post by **scottlittlefield17** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:49 pm

Thanks Coyotero. See you around.

cholland · Post by **cholland** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:21 am

VermilionUK wrote:Hypothetically speaking, and assuming God exists:
If you were demanded- by God - to kill an innocent child, would you do it?

Please verify there are innocent children.

VermilionUK · Post by **VermilionUK** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:18 pm

cholland wrote:
VermilionUK wrote:Hypothetically speaking, and assuming God exists:
If you were demanded- by God - to kill an innocent child, would you do it?
Please verify there are innocent children.

The question refers to a hypothetical situation.
I don't see the need to "verify" the child's/children's innocence, because they are hypothetical and as such have no attributes except for the attribute I have specified, innocence.

Jayhawker Soule · Post by **Jayhawker Soule** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:19 pm

Coyotero wrote:
scottlittlefield17 wrote:That is an absolutely unanswerable question. In order for that to happen the God that I believe in could not exist because he would never ask such a thing. It would go against his nature completely and he says he cannot go against himself.
Abraham and Issac?

I would argue that the Akedah is a powerful narrative (midrash) against child sacrifice.

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