So what? It doesn't matter if he the creator and he gave it to him or not. Telling him to kill is child is EVIL. It shows God is insecure about how people worship him and is on a power trip.
First of all, it's HIS Creation. Second of all, the text makes no indication that Issac was a child (Some Biblical scholars, based on the writings of Josephus, claim that Isaac was around 25, when this incident occur; other estimate his age at 37).
Third of all, insecurity has nothing to do with it.
The fact I have to explain killing innocent children is wrong and you have admitted you'd kill an innocent child on God's orders strongly warrants your need for counseling. So again, I urge you, seek counseling.
You don't have to explain squat. And, I urge you to take your own advice.
Very true, there is no difference between killing people with a sword and a bomb in the sense that they both have been killed.
The difference is that, one is collateral damage and the other is the pre meditated murder of an innocent child that was completely avoidable.
The fact I have to explain this simple difference warrants your need for counseling. So again, I urge you, seek counseling.
There is no difference, because unfortunately they're going to DIE regardless of the outcome, either by sword or by starvation. And, it falls on the hands of their parents, for the continued assaults on Israel without repentance or any attempt to make amends.
That has everything to do with blind obedience. Did you watch the video? Abraham was going to do it. Period.
The fact that you justify this and cannot see the evil in it warrants your need for counseling. So again, I urge you, seek counseling.
I didn't see the video (as I made the post at work, where YouTube is blocked).
Again, Abraham (as tough as it was) realized that, had it not been for the Lord, he would not have Isaac in the first place. He came to one simple realization: God keeps His promises. God promised him a son, through Sarah; and He delivered (albeit much later than Abe would have liked). God also promised that, through Isaac, Abe's descendants would be numerous and prosperous. Therefore Abe obeyed, knowing that somehow, someway, he and Isaac would return alive. And, he was right........AGAIN!
The difference is the one you choose the ignore: Collateral damage versus intentionally murdering a innocent child when it's completely avoidable.
The fact that you'd sink yourself to this kind of moral dishonesty that results in the justification of murdering an innocent child warrants your need for counseling. So again, I urge you, seek counseling.
Moral dishonesty? I beg to differ. Dead is DEAD, regardless of the means used and what you choose to ignore that, one way or the other, these children suffered for the evil actions of their parents. There's no getting around that fact. That happened then; it happens NOW! Whether you draw the sword, pull the trigger, or push the button, you are taking action against an enemy, WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE that children will die as a result, period.
Either you are just too ignorant to understand the concept of perception and how it relates to the potential to act, or you are fighting to keep this in terms which can differentiate your self from her.
- You are different from her in that you have NOT killed an innocent child
- You are different from her in that your conditions that would compel you to kill an innocent child is different from hers.
- However, you are exactly the same in that you both would kill an innocent child on God's orders.
And for that last point, I urge you, seek counseling.
WRONG, on that last part. I am different from her in that I know how to differentiate what is from God from what is not, based on His word. I also know that, based on that word, how to act in the EXTREMELY UNLIKELY event that I'd ever get such an "order".
And, since God never gave Yates that order (whether she thought He did or not), your last statement is basically moot.
Do you think they should? Or do you think they are the weaker side of the species because Eve was manipulated by the serpent and therefore should be unequal?
What I think makes no difference in this matter, one way or the other. That's what happened. Should they have "equal rights"? It depends on the situation.
Using occasions that God was merciful in other instances does not change the fact that he ordered the genocide of a nation which resulted in the death of thousands of innocent children.
This kind of thinking is what murderers and criminals use to justify themselves. Murder is murder. Isn't there something in Bible that says if you have sinned but yet done many good works you will still be accountable for your sins?
Because you cannot see this, and continue to argue this. I again urge you, to seek counseling.
The point with the Ninevites was that, contrary to your earlier claims, the Lord is anything but an "insecure ego-maniac". He gave the Amalekites the same opportunity to repent that He gave the Ninevites. The latter people took that opportunity; the former DID NOT.
As for your question, you are accountable TO THE LORD, because He's the One making the rules. He has all power and authority, hence He makes the determination of who gets punished and to what degree that punishment extends. And, as stated numerous times, there are sins that people commit that have LONG-REACHING consequences (i.e. the corporate corruption at Enron costs several innocent employees their jobs and pensions, which affected their families. Yet the IRS and other agents were well within their authority to shut Enron down. But, NO, they aren't obligated to get those people new jobs or feed their families).
Since you cannot see this, I again urge YOU to take your own advice and seek counseling.