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[GrandizerII]

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Personally I would not kill anyone if God told me to. Here's why. The God that I believe exists is the God of love and goodness. Like, he literally IS love. It would be against his very nature to want me to kill my child because killing children is just about the most evil thing you can do. If God wanted me to do that, my whole reality would be turned upside down completely.

You know, of course, that you follow one of the religions that sprouted from the so-called "Abrahamic" cult, right?
What was Abraham most remembered for? Here, check the first painting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham

That is the reason for such questions. According to the tale, god is very well capable of asking someone to kill their own child... and seemingly incapable of taking it back... needing to send an angel to prevent that blunder.

Or are you wanting to say that the god of Abraham was poorly portrayed in that particular tale, for he, as you point out, "literally IS love" and it "would be against his very nature to want me to kill my child"?


Personally, I think it's just a tale. A tale custom made to have a particular people stake a claim to some land.
The ages-old tale of fighting over resources.
The Middle-East has seen that aplenty... since "Abraham", through classical Greece, Romans, and now the Muslims.
The Fertile Crescent is the gift that keeps on giving.

Don't forget Jephthah as well.

That said, even if such stories are to be taken metaphorically, looking at reality itself suggests a God that is not love, if a God exists.