If your god or goddess, or religious doctrine, demanded you murder someone who was a heathen, would you do it?

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For the sake of argument, through whatever metric you deem acceptable, just assume it is in fact 100% your deity or dogma saying it.

Answer 1

hahahmm | 83 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Guru

Just to put your question in context... the symbol in your profile image is the unicursal hexagram, the best known symbol of the Thelema occult, " an esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy and new religious movement developed in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley, an English writer, mystic, and ceremonial magician... Aspects of Thelema and Crowley's thought in general inspired the development of Wicca and, to a certain degree, the rise of Modern Paganism as a whole, as well as chaos magick and some variations of Satanism."

"The moral code of "Do What Thou Wilt" is believed by Thelemites to be the religion's ethical law"

If you are attempting to find justification for murdering people, I've gotta say don't do it. Better to go start your own village somewhere than to destroy the lives of others. Everyone has a right to self-defense tho. If someone is trying to literally murder you, you have the right to try and stop them in that moment.

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Agape93

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I’m well aware of my own symbol and my belief system lol

I ask because I see Islam killing people for being different, or Some Christians saying some people should die. But most of all, because most Christians claim god and his words come first as he commands it to be.

Answer 2

Agape93

I’m well aware of my own symbol and my belief system lol

I ask because I see Islam killing people for being different, or Some Christians saying some people should die. But most of all, because most Christians claim god and his words come first as he commands it to be.

Answer 3

Jjpayne | 1.1K opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

That's a tough place to be... Because murders were directed to happen by God and the catch is, If your god or goddess, or religious doctrine, demanded you murder someone who was a heathen, would you do it?

If your god or goddess, or religious doctrine, demanded you murder someone who was a heathen, would you do it?

#6 up there..

I guess if I knew it was God, and it was, that would be my life's purpose I guess... But judging from the commandments, it's very rare if ever to happen... But I also don't remember the wars that took place after 🤔 I'd say... If there are christians in the army that kill to protect the world, then killing a heartless general for the better, might not be nearly as bad... 🤔

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Answer 4

Danielle93

Yoda

Then that's not a great god, which makes it not god. God would be about harmony, love and peace, not murder.
If a murderous, punisher was the only ''God'' then I would stop believing in that evil being.

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Espresso-Grande | 113 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Yoda

If I was a true servant of God, and he commanded me to kill, yes I would.

Even Abraham in the Bible was going to kill his own son when God asked him to as a test of his faith.

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Derekk

Explorer

If I may be allowed to extend the definition of "religious doctrine" to include any kind of ethical commandment that goes beyond human material concerns, I would believe that I SHOULD kill them. I'm a deontologist, so naturally I'm not really motivated by human pleasure or pain in a moral sense. I think that you can't really get out of subjectivity in ethics until we dramatically change what we mean when we refer to ethical behaviour. Having said that, I don't think I'd be physically capable of murder. So I'd probably just declare myself unethical and leave it at that.

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Answer 7

mecookiemonster62

Xper 1

I was born and raised a Catholic, I was even the altar boy and no I was not molested play the church. Catholic Church used to believe in that type of dog during the Inquisition it was not uncommon for people to be killed if they did not follow the Catholic doctrine. Thank God we come out of the dark ages on that point there are still some religions to this day that you adhere to that though hopefully eventually all philosophies and religions believe that in the dustbin of the past

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NamerOfStars | 254 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

Nope. They want them dead, they can kill them themselves. I don't care HOW strong you are, power alone is not reason to be worshiped, and I'm not going to hold a god to lower moral standard than I'd hold a human.

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jshm2 | 1.4K opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Guru

That's called "joining the military," kiddo. You even get paid for it and can pretend to do it for "country".

Try to keep up.

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Agape93

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Can you answer the question? It’s literally a yes or no

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Agape93

Can you answer the question? It’s literally a yes or no

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Phoenix98 | 584 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

I wouldn’t kill someone heathen or otherwise in cold blood.

Because its it’s wrong morally but also because that’s a direct violation of the rules god put into place in the first place.

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TheSimonymous | 134 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Xper 6

I'd try to find out if that voice really comes from God or not because usually God takes care of that himself. And yes, Biblical law allows the death punishment for certain groups of people.

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Agape93

1 y
So would you or not?

Answer 13

Agape93

So would you or not?

Answer 14

Don-__-Don

Xper 7

If the god, goddess, or religious doctrine existed for an absolute fact and I believed in said god

I would definitely do it, no doubt in my mind.

If I'm going to believe in any god, I'm going all the way with it.

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OfDeath | 1.8K opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

If we pretend that god existed for hypothetical reasons, no I still wouldn't do it. Just for being asked to do something immoral, I'll go and do every other thing which would piss that god off.

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420Rachel

Explorer

Ha. Sorry God ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But the only time I would take someone's life is if my own life or the life of someone I cared about was in danger.

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DeviloftheValleys | 67 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Yoda

well, no. my religion would have to change significantly to even see anyone as a heathen in the first place, so the day the leaders of my religion want murder of heathens is the day i leave it.

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Answer 18

bklynbadboy1 | 105 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Guru

My god would never ask that of me. You must be atheist right

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Agape93

1 y
Except in this situation, it IS your god. So answer it, yes or no.

Hon I’m devoutly theistic :/ that’s been pretty well documented the entire time I’ve been on here.
bklynbadboy1

1 y
I've already given you a answer. You can always tell the people that dont believe in god when you see that question cause the people that do don't play with God like that. God will never ask that of you but its hard for me to explain without going into a long drawn out letter to you and I'm at work not but I'd be more than willing to explain it to you when I'm off and have time
Agape93

1 y
Again, in this case, your god DID demand you murder a heathen in his name. So you will answer the scenario properly, or your answer will be invalid and thus removed.

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UCrayCray

1 y
It wouldn’t be the first time that God had a human to kill another, so it’s not like the request is from out in left field.

Answer 19

Agape93

Except in this situation, it IS your god. So answer it, yes or no.

Hon I’m devoutly theistic :/ that’s been pretty well documented the entire time I’ve been on here.

Answer 20

bklynbadboy1

I've already given you a answer. You can always tell the people that dont believe in god when you see that question cause the people that do don't play with God like that. God will never ask that of you but its hard for me to explain without going into a long drawn out letter to you and I'm at work not but I'd be more than willing to explain it to you when I'm off and have time

Answer 21

Agape93

Again, in this case, your god DID demand you murder a heathen in his name. So you will answer the scenario properly, or your answer will be invalid and thus removed.

Yes or no

Answer 22

UCrayCray

It wouldn’t be the first time that God had a human to kill another, so it’s not like the request is from out in left field.

Answer 23

douride2 | 221 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

It just isn't in me to kill someone. I could never do it.

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OddBeMe | 648 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

Funny how every person's god only believes in things they believe in.

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EmmaMary | 376 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

Phew! What a hell of a question to answer.

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Agape93

1 y
That’s the point. People tend to duck such things with the usual nonsense of “that’s the devil talking”. This is to eliminate that as a possibility
EmmaMary

1 y
That I had already fathomed out, but how to answer it is an entirely different matter altogether.
Agape93

1 y
Exactly. People need to learn to think and be honest with it.

Answer 26

Agape93

That’s the point. People tend to duck such things with the usual nonsense of “that’s the devil talking”. This is to eliminate that as a possibility

Answer 27

EmmaMary

That I had already fathomed out, but how to answer it is an entirely different matter altogether.

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Agape93

Exactly. People need to learn to think and be honest with it.

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User2300

Xper 4

Hmm depends who it is... joking I won't.

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Gwenhwyfar | 154 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

No. I would not.

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Agape93

1 y
I know some on here that probably would :/
Gwenhwyfar

1 y
Same

Answer 31

Agape93

I know some on here that probably would :/

Answer 32

Gwenhwyfar

Same

Answer 33

GoodGuyBreakingBad | 675 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Master

I wouldn't be able to murder anyone

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SpaceGalaxy | 71 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Yoda

NO I would question that so-called GOD

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WowwGirl | 87 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Guru

I got called a heathen my whole childhood so no

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QuietRunner | 66 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.

Guru

It wouldn't be my religious doctrine to start with

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