--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Either we obey God's will who does not…" description: "\"Either we obey God's will who does not kill, or we make our own God's who allow us to make holy wars\" — Elias Chacour" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/elias-chacour-83434_doe_either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-k_3016174.jpg" --- # Either we obey God's will who does not kill, or we make… ![“Either we obey God's will who does not kill, or we make our own God's who allow us to make holy wars” quote by Elias Chacour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/elias-chacour-83434_doe_either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-k_3016174.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/elias-chacour-83434_doe_either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-k_3016174.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/elias-chacour-83434_doe_either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-k_3016174.jpg) > “Either we obey God's will who does not kill, or we make our own God's who allow us to make holy wars” Elias Chacour ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Choosing between submitting to a higher authority that forbids killing or creating a deity that sanctions violence; a moral dilemma about divine authority and human agency. **In simple terms:** Decide whether to follow a non‑violent divine will or invent a god that permits war. Key Takeaway Reflect on the source of your moral authority. Themes morality authority violence theology agency Mood thoughtful serious Type philosophical ethical When to use this quote - personal belief formation - political ideology - religious leadership - conflict resolution Key Concepts Divine command theory ethical relativism just war theory Questions to Reflect On - What does it mean to create your own god? - How can societies prevent the misuse of divine justification for war? A Different Perspective The quote assumes a binary choice that may oversimplify complex ethical landscapes. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/) [God 's will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-s-will/) [Holy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holy/) [Holy war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holy-war/) [War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/) ## Related quotes > [The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-wars-of-israel-were-the-only-holy-wars-in-history-there-can-be-no/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [That both Muslim fundamentalists and the Christian right are today focusing their attempts to regain control in a rapidly changing world on frantic efforts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/that-both-muslim-fundamentalists-and-the-christian-right-are-today/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [ \[Those who accept\] the Americanized, Constantinian paradigm \[say:\] We are of God; they are of the Devil. We are the light; they are the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-a-boyd/those-who-accept-the-americanized-constantinian-paradigm-say-we-are/) [Gregory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-a-boyd/) > [“The call to “take the land” ...is not a call to a new political, cultural or geographical dominance. It is Kingdom of God territory.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-baker/the-call-to-take-the-land-is-not-a-call-to-a-new-political-cultural/) Ken Baker > [Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-liddell/obedience-to-god-s-will-is-the-secret-of-spiritual-knowledge-and-2/) [Eric Liddell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-liddell/) > [So many people have fat bank accounts! But when God wants them to give they can’t give. When God wants them to do certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kong-hee/so-many-people-have-fat-bank-accounts-but-when-god-wants-them-to-give/) [Kong Hee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kong-hee/) > [“So when we say to ourselves, or to others, 'You should obey God,' what we mean is 'We want what God deserves (your obedience)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-t-walker/so-when-we-say-to-ourselves-or-to-others-you-should-obey-god-what-we/) Andrew T. Walker > [“If one man or woman is willing to obey God, it can change the destiny of millions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dc-talk/if-one-man-or-woman-is-willing-to-obey-god-it-can-change-the-destiny/) DC Talk > [“We ought to obey God's law, so that our believe in the Divine Being, shall never be in vain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/we-ought-to-obey-god-s-law-so-that-our-believe-in-the-divine-being/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) > [Every person in every generation has a choice: to obey God or to do his own thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-lahaye/every-person-in-every-generation-has-a-choice-to-obey-god-or-to-do/) [Tim LaHaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-lahaye/) > [“To obey God, is not so much our duty—as our privilege; his commands carry food in the mouth of them. He bids us repent—and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/to-obey-god-is-not-so-much-our-duty-as-our-privilege-his-commands/) [Thomas Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-watson/) > [When we obey God, we are not doing Him a favor but ourselves because the benefits are ours to reap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-mark/when-we-obey-god-we-are-not-doing-him-a-favor-but-ourselves-because/) [Terry Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-mark/) > [The Bible is full of ordinary people who went to impossible places and did wondrous things simply because they decided to obey God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-van-der-bijl/the-bible-is-full-of-ordinary-people-who-went-to-impossible-places/) Andrew van der Bijl > [Don't obey God to get things, obey God to get God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/don-t-obey-god-to-get-things-obey-god-to-get-god/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) > [“If we deliberately choose to obey God, then He will tax the remotest star and the last grain of sand to assist us with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/if-we-deliberately-choose-to-obey-god-then-he-will-tax-the-remotest/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) ## More by Elias Chacour > [If there is a problem somewhere, this is what happens. Three people will try to do something concrete to settle the issue. Ten people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-chacour/if-there-is-a-problem-somewhere-this-is-what-happens-three-people/) Elias Chacour > [I believe that that foolish man of Galilee, Jesus Christ, had something to tell us, to tell me. Not considering his existence here, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-chacour/i-believe-that-that-foolish-man-of-galilee-jesus-christ-had-something/) Elias Chacour Explore all 3 Elias Chacour quotes ## More Doe quotes > [So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/so-the-fool-as-distinct-from-the-scoundrel-is-completely-self/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-de-la-bruyere/i-cannot-forbid-a-person-to-marry-several-wives-for-it-does-not/) [Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-de-la-bruyere/) > [For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/for-successful-education-there-must-always-be-a-certain-freshness-in/) [Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/) > [The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mead/the-prophet-who-fails-to-present-a-bearable-alternative-and-yet/) [Margaret Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mead/) > [Sometimes a sign or a quote is simply interesting by itself and does not require anything beyond being framed on a page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-vincent-benet/sometimes-a-sign-or-a-quote-is-simply-interesting-by-itself-and-does/) [Stephen Vincent Benet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-vincent-benet/) > [A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-m-cain/a-home-is-not-a-museum-it-doesn-t-have-to-be-furnished-with-picasso/) [James M. Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-m-cain/) > [The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lee-boggs/the-image-of-blacks-usually-is-one-of-people-who-are-suffering-from/) [Grace Lee Boggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lee-boggs/) > [He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wycherley/he-s-a-fool-that-marries-but-he-s-a-greater-fool-that-does-not-marry/) [William Wycherley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wycherley/) > [Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvar-aalto/nothing-old-is-ever-reborn-but-neither-does-it-totally-disappear-and/) [Alvar Aalto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvar-aalto/) > [One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/one-of-the-things-the-united-states-does-well-is-building-coalitions/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/preaching-to-the-choir-actually-arms-the-choir-with-arguments-and/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-englert/there-is-something-about-the-south-that-accepts-the-supernatural-if/) [Alice Englert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-englert/) > [ If the State does not acquire supremacy over \[vast private\] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-the-state-does-not-acquire-supremacy-over-vast-private-enterprises/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bernanke/if-wall-street-crashes-does-main-street-follow-not-necessarily/) [Ben Bernanke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bernanke/) > [It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-von-hindenburg/it-does-not-seem-to-me-to-be-sufficiently-recognized-everywhere-among/) [Paul von Hindenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-von-hindenburg/) Browse all 25,574 Doe quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Either we obey God's will who does not kill, or we make our own God's who allow us to make holy wars", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elias Chacour" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-chacour/either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-kill-or-we-make-our-own-god-s/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Doe" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-chacour/either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-kill-or-we-make-our-own-god-s/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/elias-chacour-83434_doe_either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-k_3016174.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/elias-chacour-83434_doe_either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-k_3016174.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/elias-chacour-83434_doe_either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-k_3016174.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Either we obey God's will who does not kill, or we make our own God's who allow us to make holy wars” — Elias Chacour", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Elias Chacour", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-chacour/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Either we obey God's will who...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-chacour/either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-kill-or-we-make-our-own-god-s/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-chacour/either-we-obey-god-s-will-who-does-not-kill-or-we-make-our-own-god-s/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```