If God told you to kill your first born son would you do it?
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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 you care, repeat this prayer after me:\n"Dear Lord,\nI know that I am a sinner, and I know that you sent your son to die for my sins.  I ask you Lord to forgive me, and to come and live in me and be my Lord and Savior.  Save me from this world, and the consequenses of those who do not repent.  I do not want to spend eternity in hell.  \nThank you Jesus.\nIn Jesus name,\nAmen"
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(2 Samuel 12:11-14 NAB)\n\nThus says the Lord: 'I will bring evil upon you out of your own house.  I will take your wives [plural] while you live to see it, and will give them to your neighbor.  He shall lie with your wives in broad daylight.  You have done this deed in secret, but I will bring it about in the presence of all Israel, and with the sun looking down.'\n\n    Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord."  Nathan answered David: "The Lord on his part has forgiven your sin: you shall not die.  But since you have utterly spurned the Lord by this deed, the child born to you must surely die."  [The child dies seven days later.]
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I think I could if it was to defend my children. This is a tough question.  I would agree with you that most of us are probably capable of it at some threshhold level, but the threshhold is what varies tremendously.  You did not ask "could we murder" another, and that was wise of you b/c most people would answer a resounding "NO!!!" Murder is taking a life with no possibility of it being for any forgivable reason, such as those you list. \n\nIf it was a choice between someone else and my child, and my child was the innocent being threatened by the evil someone else, and it was within my power to stop the evil someone, but to do so I had to kill that person, yes, I believe I would do it, and be thankful that I had been able to do it.\n\nAnd then I would pray very hard for forgiveness, because it would be terrible to have to take another's life, even if you had no choice.
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If someone killed my child brutally, not accidentally... I think I could actually kill.  iIdon't know, I hope not, because it would not do any good... but I think that would be the only thing strong enough to actually incite me to murder.
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i would have killed him
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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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Why, as a child of your parents, do you respect,listen to, and obey them ?  Probably out of a mixture of love and a healthy fear of displeasing them.   It's the same thing with our Heavenly Father!   I obey and listen and show respect for His ways with my behavior and speech out of love and fear of displeasing Him.  I have a choice, the Bible says at Romans 6:23...  The wages sin Pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Jesus Christ our Lord.  I can live for God and live forever or I can be disobedient and suffer the consequences, which in this case we are told is death.
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I don't know how I would do it, but I would be willing to kill the 3 people who killed my brother. I will never forgive them for killing my brother and putting my family through all of this.
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If you have accepted Christ as your Savior,,,you are going to Heaven...nothing NOTHING can change it...\n\nNo, you should not kill...there are different ways to kill, like killing the spirit of someone, murder, thinking of killing, etc..\nChristians still get overwhelmed but we have the Holy Spirit to guide us.  A Heavenly Father who hears us, and a Precious Savior who died for us.\nWHY would we want to pay HIM back by killing this body which was made in HIS own image?\n\nBesides, I never thought I wanted to make my enemies happy..\n\nThere is free help everywhere to help you, just look in the phone book or ask around..but get help if you feel this way.\nMaybe a Ala non meeting, look in your newspaper or call them, they can tell you where they meet.  Christians do get mental illnesses and thinking about killing yourself is sure mental to me..\nDO NOT be ashamed to admit you need help.  NO ONE knows how YOU feel..
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I like you to. and God does too. He sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins so that we may live with Him in His Kingdom.
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Yes, and so much more.  He gave His place at the right hand of God, would you?\n\nWould you give your life?  Would you give your own Sons life?  doubtful.
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Yes I would say it is murder. There are people willing to adopt so why kill when you can give others the gift of life. Youth and immaturity can sometimes give us justifications instead of intellectually sound reasoning. Most will agree, unless you were raped or forcibly made pregnant, the life given to you is divine and has a purpose aside from your own. Joseph was probably ill at ease that his supposed virgin wife was made pregnant buy another father before they were even married. I’m so glad he wasn’t about abortion.
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Because God has a plan for all of us, even children. And we are not supposed to kill our children, it would be murder on our part. As a Christian Mom, I have been given the responsibility to raise my children to be responsible and respectful adults. Yes, it is hard, especially when they rebel. But I feel it is my purpose in life to show them the right way. If they choose differently that still means that I won't stop trying.
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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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I would consider it an honour to suffer for my Lord.\n\nMy son of 10 years old said he would like to be a martyr - that is heavy, but I guess its something the Lord puts in your heart.\n\nAfter all, many, many Christians were persecuted for loving Jesus and they held steadfast.
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I would hurry up and find a way to make sure my newborn son would be able to live his life and have enough money for him for when he got older. he would be the only thing i would worry about because he is my life and if i knew he only had one day to live i know that would also be my last day to live because without him there isn't any meaning to my life