A moral God?

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> << Matthew Bell

>  There is most certainly a difference between killing and murdering. It

is

>  not considered murder to kill in war, nor in some countries to kill as a

>  punishment for certain crimes, nor in the right circumstances to kill in

>  defence of one's own life or the life (lives) of another (others), nor

for

>  law enforcement officers to kill where necessary. You need to show that

>  God's act in Genesis 7 or anywhere else was murder and not lawful

killing,

>  the law of course being Himself, as the ten commandments were not

>  established until after Genesis 7 occurred.  >>

> 

> MUSSELWHITE

> According to your definition of murder, God murdered the Amalakite babies

in 

> 1 Sam.15:1-8.

> 

> 1) Was it unlawful? YES, Deut.24:16

> 2) Was it premeditated? YES or God is not omniscient.

> 3) Did one human do it to another human? YES Saul and his armies. God

ordered 

> it!

> 

> By your own definition you have established that God murdered the

Amalakite 

> babies. What dictionary did you get your definition of murder?


Matthew Bell
Your point 1. is only valid if you establish that the babies were put to
death for the sins of their fathers and not for their own sinful condition
in Adam. You further need to establish that the acts were not those of
lawful killing in an ongoing war (see Exodus 17:7-16) or the carrying out
of a command of God in retaliation for the acts of Amalek against Israel
(see Dueteronomy 25:17-17). 

The dictionary was Collins Concise Dictionary. 

Thanks
M.Bell

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