I find the book of Job to be God's most appalling act. He told Satan to go ahead and kill Job's family just to prove a point about how much of a follower Job was.
So, if your father came to sacrifice you right now, would you allow him to because it's his right?
Kratos Wrote:A father had the right to sacrifice his children to God if he wanted. This is a lot older than Abraham, pagans did this as well. I can't see any problem. This is what sacrifice is all about. I suppose it is not politically correct now. The state rules the family not the father. The state makes abortion ok instead.
So, if your father came to sacrifice you right now, would you allow him to because it's his right?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell