The other day, online Christian preacher Mike Winger said, "If God tells you to kill someone, yes, you should."
What I suggest is that you find another God to follow. Or consider that maybe God is testing you, since after all He did command, "Thou shalt not kill." Furthermore, at the very least you should consider that perhaps He is just checking to see if you actually have read any of the Bible and remember that time when He tested Abraham this way. And even sent an angel to make sure Abraham did not slay his son Isaac. (As in "not.") You can't miss it -- it's near the very beginning. Or find a psychiatrist to talk to first, before just going out and murdering because you say you heard God telling you to kill. Ultimately, it's not surprising that he also says about this, "Well, I’m going to say something controversial that will absolutely delight atheists. ... I don’t care. ... You’ve already hated me anyways. It’s not like anything changed. If anything, I’m just glad people, like, hate-follow me. Like, at least that’s there. You know, maybe they’re hearing the Gospel." Or maybe they're hearing a flim-flam charlatan who likes to hear himself dangerously pontificate. By the way, when telling people from your online pulpit that you should kill if you hear God tell you do, it's my belief that you should 100% absolutely, no-question, rock-solid certain about that, rather than saying "maybe they're hearing the Gospel." Maybe?? As in, "But, y'know, I could possibly be wrong about this." Because if one of your online parishioners kills someone, there's no do-over to reconsider. Interpreting the Bible is a long, valued tradition. But it's generally done with studied support of your words, rather than just playing God and pulling opinions out of your various orifices. After all, I'm not aware of anywhere in "the Gospel" where God says, "If you hear Me tell you to kill someone, go ahead." I don't want to draw a connection between this online Christian preacher and all Christian preachers today, including those pontificating from the pulpit that Trump is a demi-God and delivering Jesus's teachings. But I will say that it at least addresses the point that whoever your minister is, whatever your faith, it's always good to remember that as much as you think they are your direct link to the divine Word of God, those words is being delivered by a man on earth. You can find the full RawStory article here.
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