A moral God?

avatar8 errancy@infidels.org
Mon, 31 May 1999 09:28:04 -0300 (00928171684, 37528054.36E2FE90@sympatico.ca)



> 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?
AVATAR8 1. Unlawful: One of the ten commandments is, "Thou shall not kill." Call it murder if you like, as if that makes a difference, but you can't deny that God was a heartless bully who killed people just because He could. 2. Premeditated: I'm quite sure he thought about it before-hand, but than again, He does seem like an uncontrolled, mindless force at times. 3 Done to one human being by another: Jesus was a man, except he didn't have any balls.