A question just asked reminded me of a problem I think we're going to run into a lot:

* [Is murder allowed if God tells you to do it?](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/73/is-murder-allowed-if-god-tells-you-to-do-it)

On the face, this seems like a pretty good question for this site. However, we have this clause in [our FAQ under *What questions should I not ask here?*](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/faq#dontask):

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For this particular question, I can think of at least one: Søren Kierkegaard's *Fear and Trembling*. I suspect nearly every question on the site has a book about how to interpret it.

So how do we reconcile the general Stack Exchange guidance about scope with the obvious on-topic content for this site?