(serious answers only) If God told you to jump off a bridge would you do it?
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If I was sure it was God.
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I would jump off a building.  Maybe that will help.
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I wouldn't do it out of my Love and devotion to Him. He is my Lord and my God.. there are times I do call out to Him ... Abba...  Jim
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They say you can't, but if this is what you believe in, that you are walking in the wrong path and are now choosing another, which is your right to freedom to choose any way.\n\nI would urge you to go on. Many people especially Christians have died for their faith. We know that for every martyred, there is great rejoicing in heaven not that they died or where killed, but because they died for their faith.
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I'm not an atheist... but I'll take the hypothetical anyway and pretend that I'm being asked to convert to a particular religion, being as I am not religious at all. The question is, after all, would I convert and practice a belief system different from my own to save my daughter.\n\nWell, of course I would, generally speaking... but would it matter? As you say... if there's a God, He would know that I didn't really begin to believe anything different, and I'd probably make him that much more angry with me. I'd do an awful lot for a child of mine.\n\nI've decided to pose the question that gwad suggested, as I'd like to know what other religious people think. :)
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I'd need some pretty substantial proof that this command came from God. If someone came up to me and said, "I'm a prophet, and God wants you to kill your first born," I'd say, "Yeah, right." If I were hearing voices talking to me claiming to be God and asking me to kill my first born, I'd go to a psychiatrist. If I had a dream where God asked me to kill my first born, I'd talk to my friends and family about it, and we'd all laugh eventually. But if someone could prove to me that this was what God wanted, and that it served God's purpose, I would trust God. Still, if someone were going to be proving this to me, it would be something on the order of calling Fire from Heaven or predicting the day of a major earthquake a year in advance or something.
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If I were God, I would show my vast love and mercy for mankind by killing myself. \n\nEarth would become Utopia overnight.\n\n-SD-
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I would not act any different...he knows whats in our hearts. I would confess my sins and ask for his forgiveness like I do every night before bed. You never know when you will have to answer for your sins.Yes I am a God fearing christian.
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Yes, and you asked GOD if you could come to the Earth and become a Spirit (Human Being).\n\nNa na nanana, you can't Catch Me!
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Christians would do anything if they thought God demanded it.  The link in the source shows how someone would be willing to kill his own child if God told him to.\n\nI'm sure gay sex is mild in comparison.\n\nNow would *I* do it if God told me?  First, I'd have to believe it is indeed God.  For someone as powerful as God, I'd be pretty certain.  We're not talking about some charlatan preacher but God himself.  And I wouldn't deny God if he does exist.\n\nEven if the being that told me to have gay sex wasn't God, he's obviously more powerful than me if he could pull off masquerading as God.  So I'd pretty much have no choice.
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Well, it is possible, but He wouldn't. God is not one to bombard into your life if you don't want Him in it. God allows His Children the freedom of choice, that is, free will. This was decided at the beginning of time, Adam and Eve ate the apple because God gave them the choice. Understand, though, that every choice has consequences, whether that be positive or negative. Often, those consequences are built into the action itself. For example, the Adam and Eve story. They were warned by God to avoid the fruit, yet they ate it anyways. As a result, sin entered the world. Being that this was the tree of life and knowledge, we could anticipate that this would be the result of the decision. The same is true for anything else in life. God bless!\n\nThis does not prove against His omnibenevolence, as He is perfectly capable of forcing you to believe in Him. He just chooses not to force it upon you, because He loves you to the point of giving you free will. He will never force anyone to do anything. In His goodness and mercy, that is the way He is.
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Yes most definitely.  I would never renounce the Lord even to save my life.  I would expect my child to not renounce the Lord either.
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It sounds like you are thinking of Abraham sacrificing his son to God, who is spared by God at the last minute.\n\nI think that if it were to come to pass that you were ever put in that position, it would not be God that would ask you to choose, but it would be God that would help you decide.
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No.\n\nApperently god promised him that he would not dash a foot on the rocks.  Remember?  Satan reminded him of that when he was tempting him.  I was given no such promise.  I think Jesus could take the fall.
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I have a hard time with your theory. I have experienced the suicide of 2 of my brothers. I am a Christian, and knowing and understanding that God allows our choices, but is very often saddened or angered by the choices that we make that hurt ourselves or others around us, I would say NO. God does not find it beneficial in any way imaginable, by someone taking their own life. The desolation that you feel when a loved one does this, almost completely destroys you! My mother DID become a Christian yrs later, since that's what you were implying in your question, but I feel she probably would have anyway, if the Lord was working in her heart. SHE was the one who found her 2nd son dead, btw.....
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I was brought up to fear it, and I don't think it's healthy to consider it an impossibility.\n\nBut God is for us, and Jesus is my advocate.  As long as I do the best I can to obey God and repent when I fall, I don't have to worry.\n\nI am actually commanded not to worry (Luke 12:22) but to think about these things:\n\nwhatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.  Philippians 4:8
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Ofcourse!! I believe God could do anything. With GOd everything is possible. You ask me how do i know? trust me i know God will never ever want to see you hurt, although there are times where you may feel things are on top of ur head and ur world is upside down, and you wonder why God isnt doing anything about it? i believe hes waiting for the right time to fix our mess, because he sees if he fixes it wont be good for you later on. Im not very good with explaining but i hope you get what i mean. God bless you and help you with ur friendship.\n(i myself is losing a preciouse friend of mine...but i know God will help me through.)