(April 15, 2013 at 7:09 pm)Tonus Wrote: So the story became one where god asked Abraham to sacrifice his son just for the sake of seeing if he had the stomach to kill him for kicks.
And that raises the question for me: did Abraham pass the test or fail it?
(April 15, 2013 at 7:09 pm)Tonus Wrote: The JWs saw the near-sacrifice of Isaac as a metaphor for the later sacrifice of Jesus. Which thus makes that sacrifice seem very creepy. And now I'm wondering why people seem to think that if you become an atheist, you suddenly have no moral center and might do all sorts of evil things.
Good point.