Murder is NOT inhumane. Let me explain…
Murder is NOT inhumane. It’s terribly wrong but not inhumane. How so?
When I was in high school I was watching the news with my dad and we saw a violent, terrible murder. “That’s inhumane,” I said. I’ll never forget how my dad responded:
“Son, that’s not inhumane. Inhumane means not human. That murder was committed by a human being.”
That was one of first times I thought: “It’s humans who commit murder. I’m a human being. Do I have that capacity within me?”
Jesus would say it is out of the heart that comes all sorts of sinfulness.
Matthew: 15:18-20
18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a person…”
All of us are capable of great evil.
Yes, a murder is awful and one of the worst things we can do.
However, it is not inhumane because it is human beings who often murder.
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The word inhumane means cruel or without compassion for another’s suffering. In the context of describing m*rder it does NOT mean lacking human qualities or characteristics. It sounds like you were the victim of a bad dad joke and you took it to heart (not literally of course).
So, I guess we can see where you got your awful reasoning from. Now, to say "murder is godlike", I'm down with that.
This guy is not a deep thinker.
And you and your dad were wrong. "Humane" means compassionate, civil, polite, well-intentioned. I understand Youtubers want to be the first to create some kind of trend, or to discover or develop something that goes viral, but this is just stupid.
Inhumane means without compassion or misery for suffering; cruel. Murder is never ok because it means the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. This man and his dad have no idea what they're talking about.
Your dad had no idea how language works…
Inhumane means without compassion.
If you're willing to take your dad on the literal reading of the word then you must surely agree that atheism just means without god, right?
Graphic-Ts and the sport coat, not a good look. It’s a fashion fail. Just sayin. Other than that A+
You're absolutely right, brother!
'Inhumane' has a definition. Your Dad was being ignorant or dishonest.
Inhumane (adj)
Lacking pity or compassion.
Not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or compassion.
Murder lacks pity, kindness, and compassion. Murder is inhumane.
silly 😳
When you don't know the definition of "inhumane"… Inhumane means lacking pity, kindness, or compassion. I wonder if his Bible interpretations are as loosey goosey.
My husband was murdered in May of 2023.I am still reeling from this horrible event and can't accept that it really happened. I didn't realize that the was a Christian video as I was typing this. Not buying your Jesus solves everything Bullshit. If there were a God evil wouldn't exist.
Sean. You have a phd. Could you at least pick up a dictionary before sounding stupid? “Inhumane: not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.”
Murder is humans acting in an inhumane manner.
Thou shall not murder. Simple.
Sorry but as a Christian I can not take another christian seriously when they take that much time on the way they look. Literally your whole outlook should be Jesus, the gospel, others and family. If you truly have a heart for Christ, fully and wholeheartedly knowing without question your a disgusting sinner only saved by God's good grace , then your life here should mean next to nothing other than helping to glorify God and help save others from hell fire, then looking to put product in your hair , spike it and want to wear smart looking tee shirts, jeans and top , should seem absolutely ridiculous to you.
I'm not saying the guy is no a man of God or a bad christian, I'm just saying I don't get why looking so good should mean so much to someone who truly loves the gospel and Jesus Christ.
Lol thought your jacket was a lab coat at first but yeah murder happens throughout the animal kingdom doesn't make it right tho
The root word is humane, not human. Humane is defined as “having compassion.” Therefore, inhumane is defined as lacking compassion. Do animals exercise compassion? No. But humans can, & do. So the word humane uses the root word human in that context. Yes…murder can be darkly brutal & inhumane. Sorry! ❤🙏🏻
Murder is a great sin/crime and selfish act, killing can be justified in eg like protecting your wife and children, everyman needs to have some killer instinct that is kept under control so as not to become murder, Jordan Peterson made this point,I suppose that's what scripture means ' be angry and sin not, don't give place to the devil who is the ultimate muderer.
I think you're confusing inhumane with inhuman. "Inhumane" means we lack empathy and goodwill, which, though most people do have both, having even a speck of sin makes one capable of casting both aside, which, many are unaware of how tempting it can be to do so. Just ask Hollywood celebrities. "Inhuman" means something that humans cannot do or have, which darkness is not inhuman, in fact, any human being, even you and I, can theoretically access the wages of our sin for more power Sean. But it, as anything we use that's from the darkness for more power, comes at a great cost. And in the case of utilizing the wages of our own sin, we risk death by its use. The wages of sin are death, after all. That said, given that there are hitmen out there who chose that profession just to make ends meet (apparently, killing people pays really good money), of whom, there are more such hitmen than you think, given that they tend to be serious in nature, and the fact that anyone can end up killing people in excessively desperate scenarios, as has been shown in history as recently as a few years ago, I'm not that surprised. It's the eternal conflict between good and evil that every one of us is battling.
Thank the almighty for providing us with a concience so that we can embrace the ultimate light that is the god of gods himself. That being said, even having a speck of darkness means everyone, even the holiest of people, are entangled with the eternal conflict of sin vs righteousness. Light vs dark. Good vs evil. A war not waged by flesh but by the spirit, though many times, that spiritual war has bled into physical warfare, and physical warfare and spiritual warfare have more crossover than many think.
Thanks for sharing this wisdom, Dr. McDowell!
'humane' is different than 'human'
in·hu·mane
adjective
without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel. – hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Please take this one down, @SeanMcDowell.
Confusing inhuman and inhumane is embarrassing. Yes, murder is very human, but it's always inhumane.
As you see in the comments, Atheists invent enough fodder as it is, they don't need more.
What is the word for “not like God”?
Doesn't "inhumane" mean "cruel", without compassion for suffering? Interesting.
Sean this is a new level of embarrassment for you. First of all "inhumane" is not the same as "inhuman", and second just because one sounds like the other doesn't mean that they're the same. They have completely different meanings and definitions which you should know by now at your age. And you can't assume that because one word sounds like two other words mashed together, that therefore that is the definition.
A rainbow isn't a bow made out of rain. A field trip is not literally a trip to the field. Sometimes words have definitions that have nothing to do with their component words.
Humanity is not what overall we are capable of doing, but rather the beauty of being human when searching for goodness in our hearts, at least this is the way how I would define a humane human.
Provocative in a good way. Horrible what people can get up to. Thank God for Jesus. Thank God also for thoughtful men like Sean Mcdowell.😊
Great evil comes from the heart 🤔 that must be how all the paedophile priests get away with it!!
Sean That’s very well put together as a counter argument😏
Cute a play with words. Well those that show compassion or mercy, grace forgiveness.. you know some call human. So someone that kills murders would be inhuman. So to say "not human" yeah.. its just a play with words. Yes ANYTHING Christ said is true. So that which comes out of the heart.. own it its ALL of us.. even with Christ since we still live in this flesh.