What would you do in this, unbelivable, extreme, situation?

[Eran of Arcadia]

greekguy, you are saying that what God said 3000 years ago to humanity in general trumps what He says directly to you, now? I don't get how that is supposed to work. You are essentially saying that God can no longer communicate His will to us.

 

[ybbor]

any heavenly being who would contradict what God has said and recorded is certainly not God, andcertainly not someone to be obeyed.

 

[GenMarshall]

However if I fit into the description you stated above, I would say "The Catholic Church says homosexuality is bad, so I'm not going to do it."

Before anyone hops on the band wagon that The Catholic Church "hates Gays". The Catholic Church only views homosexual sex acts as a sin. The Church does not view homosexual orientation as a sin.

 

[greekguy]

This brings up the interesting question though... Apparently in your opinion the bible trumps God... But why? Isn't the whole significance of the bible the fact that it IS the word of god?

So if God changes his mind doesn't that sorta make the bible out of date? You can stubbornly keep believing in it if you want but what's the point if you're basically just mindlessly following a book that no longer has any meaning? (which it doesn't if it no longer represents God's will)


(All of this of course assuming that this whole scenario isn't ridiculous)

greekguy, you are saying that what God said 3000 years ago to humanity in general trumps what He says directly to you, now? I don't get how that is supposed to work. You are essentially saying that God can no longer communicate His will to us.

I don't think that the bible trumps God exactly, just that I wouldn't follow what he says in this scenario since i don't find it reasonable. I only follow what i see as reasonable from the bible (that's why i'm not a Orthodox Jew). For instance, i'm not going to stone homosexuals, even though the bible says to do so, because i don't find it reasonable. same thing with this scenario, i'm not homosexual, and not even God asking would make me go gay.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

But you are saying, essentially, that God could never ever tell you anything that is not in the Bible, no matter how much the situation has changed since the Bible was written?

 

[Norseman2]

First thing I would do is go down to a morgue and get some chemical testing done on myself. If there are no drugs or other weird chemicals, then I'll have a higher degree of confidence in what I just saw happen. I would also ask other people if they saw the same thing, again, to increase my confidence (or, decrease it if it's not true). If everything checks out, then yeah, God just commanded everyone to be homosexual.

Firstly, I would of course be obliged to laugh at all those idiots who had some odd gripe against gay marriage due to their closet homosexuality. With that out of the way, I'm straight. I can't change my sexual preference. I'd just have to be celibate, or use a condom/other contraception if I genuinely can't be celibate.

 

[Homie]

In all seriousness, if this was indeed God and not the devil trying to lead us astray I would comply. I would put my behind up in the air and say:"Have at it boys. But please, the ones with little wieners go first"
Seriously, you never want to disobey God, cuz He is almighty.

 

[Smellincoffee]

It wouldn't really matter to me. I don't pursue romantic relationships. In any case, the situation posed is a bit silly. If God really wanted to stop population growth, all he'd need to do is make everyone but his "chosen few" sterile.

 

[Stylesjl]

Well if i were a Christian and it was the real deal then i would probaly obey, grudgingly.

To those who say that god cannot contradict his own scripture- God is onipotent, so everything else follows

 

[Taliesin]

I would assume it were Satan, or perhaps an hallucination, and ignore the order, because it is in opposition to the intellect, to the human spirit, and to the promises which God has made in His revelations to man.

 

[Yuri2356]

God is onipotent, so everything else follows

Ergo, if a thing were truly critical to his plans then he would not place it in the unrelyable hands of we mere mortals when his infinate capability is garunteed to perform the task exactly as desired.

So, I carry on with life. Content in know that God is either toying with us, just making a sugestion, or in a worst case scenario I get a finite sentance in hell followed by some gradual transition to eternity heaven. (Can any well-versed christians tell me what the system for this would probably be?)

 

[admiral-bell]

Simply say no. God, no matter how powerful (even though he doesn't exist) should stay out of the bedroom (just like the government).

 

[Homie]

HAHA, telling God what to do. You don't belive in Him, fine. But the OP created a scenario in which you were a Christian, and even if you weren't before, seeing God in the sky like that would make you one, and you (and anybody else) would follow anything He said, because God's presence is awe-striking.

 

[azzaman333]

Surely if God wanted everyone apart from his "select few" to be homosexual, he would instantly turn everyone homosexual (apart from the "select few").

 

[FredLC]

What is the actual point of this thread, Drool4Res-pect? The only thing I can imagine is that you want people to acknowledge they would not (at least in majority, as here seens) change their personal preferences even under direct God's orders, hence the literal bible-followers (which is the people who give gays a hard time) should acknowledge that gays aren't to be blamed.

If that is what you wants to proove, what a convoluted way to do it...

If that is not, than I fail to see any point whatsoever for this little exercize.

Regards .

 

[ybbor]

But you are saying, essentially, that God could never ever tell you anything that is not in the Bible, no matter how much the situation has changed since the Bible was written?

yes. God is outside of time, he knew/knows this situation was going to occur. He would never place something in the Bible that wasn't going to be true for erternity.

 

[greekguy]

But you are saying, essentially, that God could never ever tell you anything that is not in the Bible, no matter how much the situation has changed since the Bible was written?

i'm not saying that, i'm saying that i wouldn't follow something God says that goes against who i am. for instance, if God were to command Jews that they shouldn't eat beef anymore cause its no longer kosher, and i thought it was really God, i would follow him because that is reasonable to me. however, going gay because God asks me doesn't seem reasonable to me (even if he is God).

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

yes. God is outside of time, he knew/knows this situation was going to occur. He would never place something in the Bible that wasn't going to be true for eternity.

Like the Law of Moses? Or the practice in the early church of giving all of one's property to the apostles to be redistributed?

Honestly, I don't quite get this attitude. God may be unchanging, but the way He deals with mankind, and thus the laws He wants us to live, are not. And this is hypothetical anyways; I could easily see God telling me to do something that seems to contradict what the Bible said. The real problem, of course, is that I can't make myself homosexual; only God could make me attracted to men.

 

[warpus]

any heavenly being who would contradict what God has said and recorded is certainly not God, andcertainly not someone to be obeyed.

What if he came down to correct our misinterpretation of what he said previously?

yes. God is outside of time, he knew/knows this situation was going to occur. He would never place something in the Bible that wasn't going to be true for erternity.

Oh come on, that's not true at all. A lot of the old testament isn't even followed by Christians because they view it as outdated and not applicable to today's society.

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As for my answer to the convoluted scenario - I would ignore God's request. I have a hard time imagining the need to worship a being in the first place - but assuming that I was worshipping one - I'd immediately stop my worship (I'm not in the mood to worship idiots) - or assume that this was all an elaborate hoax.

 

[Sidhe]

Well if i were a Christian and it was the real deal then i would probaly obey, grudgingly.

To those who say that god cannot contradict his own scripture- God is onipotent, so everything else follows

Yes God isn't allowed to interpret scripture but mankind sure as hell will interpret any way he sees fit, it all makes sense after all who wrote the scripture, damn right, it's man's book of God, if God tries to change anything the Church will probably sue .