Open to all-would you sacrifice your child if god told you to?

[Esquilax]

And while it is true that god rescinds the order and makes it seem that he never intended to allow the sacrifice to occur, he also exalts Abraham for his willingness to go through with it. The lesson here is not whether or not god intended for Abraham to kill Isaac. The lesson is that Abraham's willingness to do so without question was seen as a good thing in the eyes of god, so much so that he bestowed a title on Abraham ("Friend of God") and built a line of descent from him that would lead to the Messiah.

It doesn't matter what you think god would or would not ask of you. It matters that whatever it is, you would do it without questioning god. It matters that whatever it is, you would consider it to be a good and moral act.

The other thing is that, when Abraham was ordered to do this, he never thought that his god wouldn't ask him to do it, he never even considered the idea that he might be being tricked by some third party, no: Abraham's immediate reaction was "yes, this order is exactly within the character of my god, better go and commit murder."

So Abraham, who actually saw god, didn't think this was a strange request; whenever a theist responds "god wouldn't say that," to these questions, not only are they presuming to have more knowledge of god from that old book than the guy who actually received direct orders from him did, but they're also contradicting a course of action that is lauded in the bible as noble. Because let's be clear, guys: saying that god wouldn't say this is questioning god, because god did say that in the past.

What you're essentially saying is that you'd fail Abraham's test if god decided to repeat it with you.