Originally posted by galveston75Like I said before, I think allowing a child to die in order to please (or in order not to displease) a God figure is a form of human sacrifice. It is done in the hope of gaining personal salvation. You seem to be conceding this point, am I right? If not, please explain.
So going back to Abraham. Most view him as a person to honor and faithfulness because of his faithfulness to his God Jehovah even to the point of obeying God to kill his son.
So he is honered for that but what if Jehovah had not stopped him? What would your view of Abraham be now?
Originally posted by galveston75most? most who?
So going back to Abraham. Most view him as a person to honor and faithfulness because of his faithfulness to his God Jehovah even to the point of obeying God to kill his son.
So he is honered for that but what if Jehovah had not stopped him? What would your view of Abraham be now?
he was someone who was convinced he was hearing god and had no problem murdering his son because that voice told him so. what is there to honor about him?
his ego? hearing a voice automatically makes you assume you are so special that god himself is talking to you?
"what if Jehovah had not stopped him? What would your view of Abraham be now?"
if we would know for a fact that abraham was real, my opinion of him would not have changed. my opinion of god would be changed to "holy crp, this supreme being demands human sacrifices and is therefore a monster, let's all cower in fear that such a bastard decides on a whim if we live or die"
abraham failed his test. god wanted to know if abe was able to think for himself and the answer was "hell, no". he wanted to know if he would kill someone else (his son no less) and abe declared "sure, anything you say boss"
