Do Christians Worship Different Gods?

Jar writes:

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Sin is never a justification for killing someone, regardless of who is doing the killing.

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Not even if God made it a condition that sinning would lead to death at his pleasure (whether you believe he made it a condition or not)?That would be an odd position for someone to take - that God should make promises and not keep them!-

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If claims are made that the God is also the creator of the individual and also omniscient, then the God is even more evil, petty, without morals and not only must be opposed, must be denounced and castigated.

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As if that would make a darn bit of difference..

It's not what I think that matters. If he promises consequences for actions then he is justified in delivering on those promise if he chooses. It's a question of sovereignty. Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

According to your own standard? A privilege granted you for a time. Again, that's an opinion you are free to hold, for a time. The issue is whether God is justifed in killing sinners or not. As above. The freedom to do as you please is something granted you until such a time as it is granted no more. Such is sovereignty. Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

The genocide is the product of a promise: the wages of sin is death.I see no conflict. Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

Is there a particular reason why you don't supply any context? Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

Alas, not.Like I say, the God I market will have withdrawn the freedom you currently have to construct your own morality in the manner you see fit.And in withdrawing that freedom, he will know that he is acting righteously. Edited by iano, : exchange morally for righteously. I'm not sure God can be said to be a moral agent.Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

The problem, Dr. A. is that genocide is commonly thought to be a crime, wrong, unrighteous, unjust.However, when I use the term, I mean:"the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group" (wiki)..which is devoid of moral commentary.If not assuming a negative moral element to God's genocide (for that is under discussion) you're back to a God who is merely fulfilling his promises Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

No then. Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

Not an attribute of the God I'm marketing I'm afraid. Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

It would take a little more than assuming the position under discussion (genocide always wrong) to answer that question.. Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

I'm sovereign, I'm demonstrably capable of delivering on my promise, I direct you in the way you should go or else. I'm pointing an AK47 at you and not giving you any reason to suppose that I am anything but serious.Wouldn't it be odd to work on the premise that I wouldn't keep my promise? Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

And if you're not a moral agent (the God I'm marketing isn't) then what? Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

I don't know. Bear in mind that the answer "No then" was an answer to your complete question:

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So, let's see if I've got this right. If I attempt to commit some abominable crime, and I succeed, then I was doing God's will?

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No then. You are not right in concluding you are doing God's will when you commit some abominable crime. You might be, you might not be.Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

In what way if not morally so?Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

As long as he his not giving me any reason to suppose he is not serious about letting me live if I obey then I'd have reason to think he would keep his promise.He'd also want to be wearing a balaclava or some other way in which I wouldn't be able to recognise himEdited by AdminPD, : Warning