I'll answer that if you can answer these two previous questions:

So tell me then, what is your solution to remove the ISIS threat in the here and now?

What would your solution have been to neutralize the Germans when Hitler was in command?

You answer these first because I asked you first and you never did quote that post to answer those two questions.

I have no solution to remove the ISIS threat in the here and now. I'm not a military strategist. I simply don't have the knowledge and training to come up with a viable strategy.

My solution to neutralise the Germans would have been to listen to the military officials alive at the time who know what needs to be done.

You think you could stop the Nazis by killing Hitler? Or ISIS by killing Al Baghdadi?

The military officials took the war to the Germans. I heard they used spy cameras to scout the area to get an idea of the terrain and what the defenses were like. No point going in blind.

Killing Hitler would have definitely been a powerful blow to the Nazis without a doubt. We could learn from history and take the fight to ISIS. Killing Al Baghdadi may not necessarily stop ISIS but it will definitely be a powerful blow.

They may select a successor but having the knowledge of the great and powerful leader getting assassinated or killed would definitely shake all of ISIS. Taking the fight to them in their hometown, suddenly the roles are reversed. It is now in their hometown where the fighting and war is taking place.

Now you also ask what this has to do with me killing someone if God asked me to. If I have a call of duty to participate in this war, be it from the Government or if the terrorist attacks happen where I am located then I might just take that as a sign to fight back. God doesn't have to tell me via a messenger, dreams or blood on the wall because I see the situation at hand and I take that as God speaking to me. The limbic brain will drive my decision making based on my feelings what I make of the situation. I make a decision based on what I believe. If I feel as though God wants me to fight back and my belief system lines up with that then I will do just that.

Well whatever man, that's your choice. But that wasn't the question was it? The question was - would you kill someone, anyone, if god told you to? If god told you to kill your mother or your neighbour's child... would you?

This post was edited by Scaly on Jan 9 2017 11:33pm

Which is exactly why I asked the circumstance with which God chooses to communicate this message. I will tell you exactly what I would do based on the way this message is delivered.

With the way that you present the question in that form, all I can say is that I would do what I believe is best. It just so happens that my belief system that drives decision making and what Christians' believe both intertwine.

OK. So you're sitting in your living room just chilling when all of a sudden a bright ball of light appears. A feeling of pure bliss washes over you and from the light come the words, 'I am the Lord thy God. I have a task for you. Thou shalt go instantly from here to Home Depot and buy from that place the heaviest pickaxe to be found within it's walls. Then thou shalt go to the nearest playground and bury thine pickaxe in the head of the child with the blondest hair and bluest eyes.'

Do you,
A- Instantly go to the doctor's and tell them you have suffered a disturbing hallucination and need treatment
B- Go mining for aryan infant brains
Or C- something else entirely, if so then what?

This post was edited by Scaly on Jan 10 2017 12:53am

C, here is what I would do.

After trembling in fear I will eventually muster up the courage to reply: "If you are the Lord thy God then I know that you wouldn't command me to do anything if it were going to profane your name. Psalm 8:1 states how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 111:9 tells us that His name is holy and awesome! Everything the Lord commands us to do is to glorify His name above all else! If thou should'st command me to go from here to Home Depot and buy from that place the heaviest pick axe to be found within it's walls, then thou shalt go to the nearest playground and bury thine pick axe in the head of the child with the blondest hair and bluest eyes. Then no doubt everyone shalt find out what I have done and will demand a reason for such an act. I will mention thou name and how the deed glorifies thou name. If thou can first tell me how doing such a deed will glorify thou name then I should'st do the deed commanded by thee. If thou cannot tell me how committing such an act would glorify thou name then thy shall come to the conclusion that you are not the Lord thy God and I not perform the deed commanded by thee."

he would sign with GOD
so you know it was written by him

You would question God's will to his face?
Isaiah 55:8
Cya in hell bro

Whomsoever cometh before me and claimeth to bear the name of the LORD shalt not break even one verse of scripture. For whomsoever cometh before me and claimeth to bear the name of the LORD and yet breaks even one verse of scripture is not sent by the LORD.

Question the validity to dig deeper and think for thyself as opposed to blindly following instructions given by thee.