Would you kill your own children if God commanded you to?

[rat03gopoh]

Of course I would, if only I were the Prophet. In fact I am just a human being and it is unlikely that God will meet me while living both consciously and subconsciously. So I do not want to do.

[jak3]

First of all I do not trust in God, no offence it is everyone's personal choice you can believe in God if they think they need it but even if I believe in God I do not think I will ever do something like that. I mean come on use your mind why will anyone give a Ganesh their own child anyone they love because someone else commanded them to. Just imagine what will happen if the commander is wrong and he is blind it by someone others so they gave you the wrong command and you kindly do the wrong think. Never do the wrong thing which your heart do not allows you to do it is forever wrong.

[Mojo2012]

So let's try it again ... (post was deleted before, because it was offtopic???) Idk, but here are my two cents:

I would never kill my children, even if there was a god commanding it. It would only proove he/she/it is not god, because no real god, in the sense I understand it, would ever do that, imho.

For those interested in my thoughs about god and why it's not even possible for a god to ask you that, read the original post (I promise it's not offtopic):

How would he even do that? Thinking of god as aperson he could probably just tell me, nut this makes no sense, as a person cant be a god. He would be limited in many ways.
So lets think about god as a force that is everywhere, like gravitiy.
And voila you'll probably notice god = sum of all natural forces, which equals to god = nature.
What is nature? It s the entirety of our universe, and of all others, assuming there are ones.
So how could those universes, just being a sum of all forces command you to kill your children?

See, told ya! Not more off-topic than talks about jihadists and stuff, a few posts above. If someone reported my post because he/she disagrees, please stop. :-) It's not helping the discussion.

[FlightyPouch]

Would you kill your own children if God commanded you to?
A perfectly valid legit question.

Please no attempts to derail the thread with nonsense like "God would never say that" or "God would never change the rules with murder" etc....

unfortunately yes, i am aware of gods, existance, i doubt however that he is unable to avoid that situation this question is more meant for ordinary believers.

And why would you do that? What will they do if you killed your own children? Is that a sacrifice for the sake of the faith to them? If killing children proves that we are faithful to our gods I will just stay as a person who do not believe in them. Our god made 10 commandments and one of them is about killing. We must not kill, as the commandment implies so if the GOD command us to kill our children, then he is not the GOD I know but the Devil that tempt people to commit sins.

[1excel]

If God asks me to kill my children, I have no choice than to obey because he was the one who gave the children to me so he can take them away as and when he desires.

[PlasticIcescapades]

This reminds me of Fear and Trembling by Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. In it he talks about the biblical myth of God testing Abraham, by  asking to kill his son Isaac. It is a proof of faith.

Personally, I would trust that the message of the deity I follow, is one of love. And I would try to reconcile that to love. In fact when things are going rather rough I think of this.

It is indeed a good question and what that has long been analyzed in philosophy.

[okocrypto]

If am sure the voice is of God, I will have no option than to obey. Remember that Abraham was in the same situation and it was recorded for him for righteousness and the blessings were enormous. God is all knowing and everything He does is perfect and without

[TurboRyzen]

The wording of the choices is disgusting. It's like the OP is trying to justify his opinion.

[Johnyjay]

Yes, I would. Because, God always has his plan. Although, it's going to hurt to lose my children, but disobeying God is going to be a sin.

[inooll00]

I do not trust it. So far no book of any religion has comanded it, even if it were, I hesitate to do so.

[Mojo2012]

If God asks me to kill my children, I have no choice than to obey because he was the one who gave the children to me so he can take them away as and when he desires.

OMG! just OMG!

Is it ok, if I give you a car as a present and then just take it away. Do I really have the right to do this?

[morufu2016]

nestly, I can’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to that right now. Why is God asking me to kill my (nonexistent) child? Is it because my child is evil and actively trying to murder a bunch of people, and the only way I can stop him is with a gun? Well, I guess I’d say yes then and spend a long time in therapy after.

[Jaydis]

I would if like Abraham God whom shown all His greatness between my Eyes commanded me directly and clearly instruct to sacrifice my child for His Glory, I would do it. But if its just the command of my co-churchmates i wouldnt to do it.

[Sithara007]

nestly, I can’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to that right now. Why is God asking me to kill my (nonexistent) child? Is it because my child is evil and actively trying to murder a bunch of people, and the only way I can stop him is with a gun? Well, I guess I’d say yes then and spend a long time in therapy after.

I couldn't believe that such brainwashed people exist on this planet. Individuals are ready to murder their own little children, because some imaginary figure has told them to do so. I would forcibly admit these people to mental asylums and take away their children and place them in foster homes.

[bakekang]

No, i will not do it. Even i trust God and follow all his will, i will not do if he will commanded me to kill my own children. I have my own conscience and i know what is right and wrong. It is a sin to kill people and i will do it.

[lokanot0]

No, I wouldn't. If you're referring to the story of Abraham, if I remember correctly, it was said there that he attempted to kill his son because he was so afraid of god.
I'm not a religious person, but even If I were, the times have changed and people are no longer scared of the Old Testament god that was shown as a strict ruler and a being of power that liked to receive gifts in the form of sacrifices and didn't like when people worshipped other fake gods. This story wasn't really working out for the church in modern times.

I think it was not because he was afraid of god, it was because he was faithful to his god.

[lokanot0]

Yes. I'am a religious person. If God commanded me to, I would take the life of my very own child, as a servant of God why would you oppose his order? if you truly believe in Him why would you not do as you are told? The very reason that i would adhere to His command is not because I`am afraid of him, it's because I'am faithful to Him.

[definitee]

If there truly was a God ordering me (so unlikely that I really don’t want to set a number on the probability, but it would be really close to zero), my response would be a middle finger to that immoral psychopath of a god. If He wants my child dead, he would have do it Himself and have the blood on His hands. Let Him do His own dirty work!

[Catwoman13]

No,,it is wrong,,fathers are not to be put to death for their children, or children for their fathers,,each person will be put to death for his own sin,

[KobbyC]

Yes, I will, If only is really the voice of GOD. God really knows better than I do and I believe in His word more than myself. If God says that, He really knows what HE is talking about.