(June 8, 2014 at 2:51 pm)rasetsu Wrote:(June 8, 2014 at 2:42 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: How is that equivocating?
(June 8, 2014 at 10:17 am)rasetsu Wrote: I assume you mean that if it was clear it was a message from my god.
He's changing the request from a clear message from a god to a simple request from a mortal with special powers. Moreover, he's specifying a different level of duress than one likely to be present in the face of a god. I suppose it depends on the specifics, the assumptions of which, he was playing fast and loose with. It's not clear Loki is anything more than a wizard, either.
(June 8, 2014 at 3:36 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I don't think Yahweh said do this, or else. He just said do it, and Abraham unquestioningly obeyed.
This is one part where the Abrahamic story is really creepy. In the Bhagavid Gita Arjuna goes through every emotion and question when he gets his orders. By contrast Abraham has absofuckinglutely nothing going on upstairs, no questions, no emotions, zip. He's a freaking automaton in a bad B movie:- Must Kill Kid, Get wood for pyre...
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