flaviaR@verizon.net
12-19-2007, 03:11 AM
On 18-Dec-2007, throopw@sheol.org (Wayne Throop) wrote:
> :: Turns out the command was merely a test... no one was nor was meant
> :: to be sacrificed.
>
> : MarkA <toor@nowhere.com>
> : That's funny, I didn't see where Abraham said, "Gee, God, you never
> : asked anyone for a human sacrifice before!"
>
> So, demanding human sacrifice is OK, as long as you say "psych!!!" in
> time.
> Oh yeah. Good one, God. Ha, ha. That was sure amusing all right.
> Tell you what, next time you demand something, I'm going to take
> it a good deal less seriously.
> Wayne Throop throopw@sheol.org http://sheol.org/throopw
The entire point of the exercise is actually multi-leveled.
One is that G-d had never demanded thembefore, & yes, it was a test.
However, there are those who say that Abraham failed; he had argued
w/G-d before on occasions where G-d was going to destroy the wicked;
it is said that G-d wanted Abraham to argue with im on this, too - and
when he didn't, he failed. Evidence for this is that G-d NEVER spoke
*directly* to Abraham again - not as a punishmentm, but because G-d
realized Abraham's limitations - that Abraham would do *EVEYTHING*
He said without question, even if he would try to talk G-d out of
something He wanted to do.
And, of course, for those of you who insist this is a fairy tale, the
moral is still the same: human sacrifice is immoral, no matter who's
telling you to do it, & you should always question immoral orders.
Susan
> :: Turns out the command was merely a test... no one was nor was meant
> :: to be sacrificed.
>
> : MarkA <toor@nowhere.com>
> : That's funny, I didn't see where Abraham said, "Gee, God, you never
> : asked anyone for a human sacrifice before!"
>
> So, demanding human sacrifice is OK, as long as you say "psych!!!" in
> time.
> Oh yeah. Good one, God. Ha, ha. That was sure amusing all right.
> Tell you what, next time you demand something, I'm going to take
> it a good deal less seriously.
> Wayne Throop throopw@sheol.org http://sheol.org/throopw
The entire point of the exercise is actually multi-leveled.
One is that G-d had never demanded thembefore, & yes, it was a test.
However, there are those who say that Abraham failed; he had argued
w/G-d before on occasions where G-d was going to destroy the wicked;
it is said that G-d wanted Abraham to argue with im on this, too - and
when he didn't, he failed. Evidence for this is that G-d NEVER spoke
*directly* to Abraham again - not as a punishmentm, but because G-d
realized Abraham's limitations - that Abraham would do *EVEYTHING*
He said without question, even if he would try to talk G-d out of
something He wanted to do.
And, of course, for those of you who insist this is a fairy tale, the
moral is still the same: human sacrifice is immoral, no matter who's
telling you to do it, & you should always question immoral orders.
Susan