God's Most Appalling Act

[Cinjin]

I'm not sure that any group could ever truly label the christian god's most appalling act, but this one is definitely in the top three for me. Maybe it's because I have a son - I'm not sure.

It's not an act if God never did it. In Genesis 22 God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son as a test-- and stopped him once he demonstrated his faith. In Abraham's time and place, it was normal for pagan religions to sacrifice their children (to Baal). God used this test to show He is different from the other "gods." Instead of sacrificing Abraham's son, He provided a ram as the sacrifice. The ram represents Jesus who, 1700 years later, took our place and died for our sins.

In the mythology, god did do it. He told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. He may have stopped him, but he still told him to do it.

Precisely. The appalling act was not that Abraham killed his son, it was the fact that god asked him to do it.

Also appalling ... the way christians justify human sacrifice simply because of the time period in which it was considered "acceptable."

A horse shit excuse.