Christians, if God told you to murder your child as a sacrifice to him, would you?

Why don't you ask a little kid in africa who's mother poured bleach down her throat because the priest said so? Or a little boy with a nail hammered into his head by his father because a priest said it was gods will? Hundreds of parents in Africa torture their children becuse they think that god says to. So I have to say yes, people will kill their child as a sacrifice to god.

I don't have a child but if I did the answer would be know. Yes I'm christian, but I think logical, too.

I would not sacrifice my own child because god told me to. I would not take away my childs' life because god told me to. I think it's horrible to do that to a child, even if we could prove 100% that there is a god.

Anyone that is willing to sacrafice their own child is... well, that's pretty sick.

If a voice told me to sacrifice my child, my first assumption would be that I was mentally ill. If that was disproved, I'd assume whatever was speaking to me was not what it said it was. If it turned out it was who it said it was, I wouldn't. I used to feel that Abraham was seriously challenged, until I figured out his son was about 30 when the Akedah happened (no way Abraham wrangled someone that old to a rock without their permission); then I decided they were both loopy.

I would hope that anyone who said they were even willing would have their children taken away and they be committed to a mental institution. Even if you say god would stop me like he did for old Abe why would you even consider risking it given that god's lack of involvement in the world today.

No. I am no Abraham. And God knows this! Then again, why would God even want to challenge me in such a way?

And if I had such a 'calling', I would first readily assume that I have gone crazy and leave it there.

Since you address this question to us 'CHRISTIANS' is quite amusing.

I know of no Jews, Muslims, Buddists or even atheists who would kill their own under such questionable circumstances.

Thus, we can assume that you would? Interesting........

The Bible is finished and complete. God does not speak to us except through that written word. He did speak at one time to the fathers as with Abraham, but that was then, not now.

Supernova, according to your bible, God did ask that. But this is a question based on a book of fiction about a fictional being.

ps Ted...get a new routine.

i would ask god to kindly let me mutilate the child's genitalia by cutting off the vaginal lips and parts of the clitoris or the foreskin. That would appease his all loving insanity.

It would also satisfy his hatred for sexual pleasure which he created and then decided to hate because it felt good which was a great way of showing how evil it was. Makes sense right?

Why wouldn't he ask that Supernova/LifeGuru? If he is truly all powerful, then he decides what's good or bad. If you're saying that he couldn't make that request, then that would mean that he is forced to obey ethical rules which are external to him, which would in turn mean that he is not omnipotent.

Abraham was willing to do that because he had faith that God was able to resurrect his son Isaac back to life, if he should die.

I would hope that I would have faith like that of Abraham.

LOBT