A hypothetical situation.

[All Else Failed]

For all of you god fearing parents out there, I have a hypothetical question for you: If god came to you in a vision one day, and commanded you to kill your children, much like some of the tales in the bible, would you obey god's will and kill your children? Or would you directly disobey your creator?

Oh, and none of "MY GOD WOULD NEVER DO THAT!" stuff. Just answer the question, and explain why you chose what you chose.

 

[Peter Parka]

Oh, and none of "MY GOD WOULD NEVER DO THAT!" stuff. Just answer the question, and explain why you chose what you chose.

Pretty sure God commanded someone in the Bible to do that once so that rules out Christians from using that as an excuse. Personally I'd tell God to go fuck himself but I will use the excuse that the God I believe in would never tell me to do that seeing I believe in him through what I see in what I believe he made and not the God that writes a load of crap in books.

 

[Maulds]

I'm not necessarily a God fearing person as you put it, but I am a parent and I say no vision of anything...God or otherwise could convince me to harm my kids in any way. Nothing on planet earth or beyond is more important to me than my kids well being.

 

[Breath]

*takes over the thread from certain destructive comments at such a beautiful time of year*

Ron, let's flip this on you and forget your question.
Instead, I propose that you (and other atheists) answer this...
If in a dream, you were throughly convinced that God spoke to you and told you to shape up or risk hell...would you believe?

 

[All Else Failed]

I'm not necessarily a God fearing person as you put it, but I am a parent and I say no vision of anything...God or otherwise could convince me to harm my kids in any way. Nothing on planet earth or beyond is more important to me than my kids well being.

Well, are you Christian, at least?

 

[All Else Failed]

*takes over the thread from certain destructive comments at such a beautiful time of year*

Ron, let's flip this on you and forget your question.
Instead, I propose that you (and other atheists) answer this...
If in a dream, you were throughly convinced that God spoke to you and told you to shape up or risk hell...would you believe?

No, lets answer the question.



No, no I wouldn't because i would realize that dreams are dreams and if god wants to come to me and tell me something, he can do it in a less vague way that can be misconstrued as a mere dream and nothing more.

 

[NuckingFuts]

I would not do it. I would die for my child. Not the other way around.

 

[All Else Failed]

I would not do it. I would die for my child. Not the other way around.

But you are totally fine with disobeying your god's command? I mean come on, your child's death could be a part of his grand plan, who are you to question god?

 

[Breath]

No, no I wouldn't because i would realize that dreams are dreams and if god wants to come to me and tell me something, he can do it in a less vague way that can be misconstrued as a mere dream and nothing more.

This is the same answer every parent will give then. So question answered.

*Thread closed*

 

[All Else Failed]

This is the same answer every parent will give then. So question answered.

*Thread closed*

Visions aren't dreams.

 

[Breath]

Potato-potahto. Replace one word with another. Same answer.

 

[All Else Failed]

Ok then, if you want a more concrete way of doing things. Lets say god WALKS UP TO YOU and talks to you in person about this.

There you go.

 

[Breath]

Alright fine.
If GOD WALKS UP TO YOU and tells you to shape up or risk hell...would you believe?

 

[All Else Failed]

No, I wouldn't follow him.


but can we keep this on topic? This is to believers, not me.

 

[Peter Parka]

Alright fine.
If GOD WALKS UP TO YOU and tells you to shape up or risk hell...would you believe?

Personally I'd tell him to go fuck himself...then set Chuck Norris on him. Chuck would beat Gods arse!:rockon:

 

[Breath]

No, I wouldn't follow him.

I didn't ask if you'd follow him, I asked if you would believe.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Personally I'd tell him to go fuck himself...then set Chuck Norris on him. Chuck would beat Gods arse!:rockon:

Mike might not be a big guy, but he can wallop some ass! lol

 

[All Else Failed]

I didn't ask if you'd follow him, I asked if you would believe.

Not until I could prove he is actually god.


Beyond this, I'm not answering your sidetracking questions. Stick to the thread topic and answer my question.

 

[Breath]

Not until I could prove he is actually god.

What proof would it take? What would convince you?

 

[Peter Parka]

Not until I could prove he is actually god.


Beyond this, I'm not answering your sidetracking questions. Stick to the thread topic and answer my question.

Agreed, maybe your question, Breath, would be better in a seperate thread.