A moral God?
Dave Gaban errancy@infidels.org
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 02:34:52 -0700 (00928247692, 3753A93C.43CD@slip.net)
Matthew Bell wrote:
>
> >>Matthew Bell
> >>According to my dictionary, murder is, 'the UNLAWFUL
> >>premeditated killing of one human being by another'?
> >>For the sake of showing the falsity of your position then
> >>let's hypothesis that your statement is correct about God.
> >>Now how about showing that God's killing of his son was
> >>unlawful (I won't bother too much about the 'one HUMAN
> >>BEING by ANOTHER).
> >
> >Dave G.
> >Genesis 7 sounds like premeditated "killing" to me. Does
> >that qualify as murder to you Matt?
>
> Matthew Bell
> According to the dictionary definition I cited there are three aspects
> which comprise murder:
>
> 1. Unlawful.
> 2. Premeditated.
> 3. Done by one human being by another.
>
> I already stated I am not too concerned about 3, so that leaves 1 and 2.
> You have established 2 in Genesis 7, not how about establishing 1 with the
> same passage or any other passage you care to use?
Dave G.
I should have foreseen your approach, but I failed. Lets look a bit
forward then. Ok, based on your response, Cain did not commit murder in
Genesis 4:8 because it was not illegal and no commandment had been given
yet against such action.
And, no official rules/commandments appear, or were given by God as to
the "rules" and what constitutes a "sin" before Exodus 20. Can I assume
all infrations prior to Exodus 20 were just as irrelevant as Gods murder
of all life in the flood?
> =======
> >>Matthew Bell
> >>Further, how many victims of murder embrace their
> >>death and go determinedly to that death as it is
> >>alleged in the Bible Jesus did? (waits on the old
> >>garden of Gethsamane scenario!).
> >
> >Dave G.
> >I believe Dr. Kevorkian (sp?) was convicted of "murder"
> >and all of his "victims" went very willingly.
>
> Matthew Bell
> I haven't the slightest clue what the above refers to, please elaborate.
Dave G.
You must not read the newspaper much. Dr. Kevorkian (sp?) has assisted
over 100 people commit suicide. All were willing and he was recently
conviced of murder. So much for your above argument