You guys are an enigma to me sometimes, at times you can appear so intelligent and other times dumber than a fence post. DAs question would have no relevance Ned, if John was not indicating that God had ask him to do this, correct? DA is presenting a scenario that does not exist and does not apply to John.
Let's be clear. Asking about a condition that does NOT exist makes the wife beating question meaningless.
Asking a question that says "If the condition existed then what?" is a perfectly meaningful question. The "if" makes all the difference. It is a shame that I have to teach you how to read English and handle reasonably simple logic but I guess that is how it is.
The scenario does exist. It makes the headlines every time it comes up. The scenario may well apply to John that is what is being asked.
Bertot, you missed something serious. John hears voices in his head. It is important to understand how far John (or others) will go with that. John has some degree of "high" confidence that the voices are the supreme ruler of the universe. John thinks that the surpreme ruler was perfectly right to order the death of many in the past. This is exactly the scenario being asked about. {bIf[/b] the voice goes further in what it says will John follow it? Is he that confident in what he is hearing?