In a case like abraham, I don't see why God needed to test him... Obviously you touched on that but i'll just add something.
The test did not really need to be carried out at all; Abraham clearly was in no doubt of his own faith as represented by his attempted murder and surely if God is so omnipotent as the crazies claim he is then he would have known anyway, so the only purpose I can see for this test was to prove to Isaac that his father was a fucking mad man who needed help.
I did a blog entry a wee while ago about faith. It is the absolute belief in faith that makes people blow them selves up or shoot an abortionist.
The test did not really need to be carried out at all; Abraham clearly was in no doubt of his own faith as represented by his attempted murder and surely if God is so omnipotent as the crazies claim he is then he would have known anyway, so the only purpose I can see for this test was to prove to Isaac that his father was a fucking mad man who needed help.
I did a blog entry a wee while ago about faith. It is the absolute belief in faith that makes people blow them selves up or shoot an abortionist.
Cunt
