2007-03-04 06:42:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No one did. And God didn't tell Abraham to do so in order to "find out' if Abraham would obey. That means that God didn't know something in advance. It was for Abraham's benefit and for ours that this scene was played out.
I'm sorry, I was thinking of people commanded by God to do this. I believe you're referring to Ahaz. It's in 2nd Kings, chapter 16.
Rico; you are accusing God of what these men did. Just because something's in the Bible doesn't mean it's OK with God. We really don't know what happened to her. I have read that the child was not burned, but could not marry because she was now bound by her father's vow to live in service to God. God would never require a human sacrifice, and if Jephthah did that, it was against God's will. There was also a practice in place in those days whereby even an animal could be redeemed for a price, so there's no reason to assume that God demanded a young girl to be burned alive for some rash vow.
2007-03-04 06:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by celebduath 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know this one and it was his daughter...........First how could anyone worship a god who was so dysfunctional he would ask a man to sacrifice his child is beyond me but all that aside, in the book of judges, Chapter 11, the military leader, Jephthah made an offer to god that if god would guarantee his victory over the Ammonites, Jephthah would without fail sacrifice as a burnt offering :whoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me on my return" Jephthat did indeed slaughter the Ammonites and god being ominipotent and all would surely have know that it would be his only daughter who would greet him with timbrels and dances. Following a trip to the mountains to get a little earthly joy before her demise, his daughter returned to be cooked by Jephthah. God must be a misogynist because women seemed to be offered up to be raped (see Lot and his daughters in Genesis) on a regular basis and in this case was a human sacrifice. Some of you religious types don't know your bible.
2007-03-04 15:27:20 · answer #2 · answered by Rico E Suave 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
none. Abraham was told to and was going to because whatever god says is right, but it was just a test. God then knew that abraham trusted god.
2007-03-04 14:47:36 · answer #3 · answered by 17227 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
noone did that I think you are thinking about the story of abraham . He didnt kill his son though
2007-03-04 14:47:20 · answer #4 · answered by mommaknowsbest 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No one did that in the Bible. That is completely contrary to what God teaches!!
2007-03-04 14:48:37 · answer #5 · answered by michael m 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nobody. Abraham was ready to but God stopped him when he knew he would seriously do it.
2007-03-04 14:47:19 · answer #6 · answered by jim h 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
if someone says Abraham i am going to hurl.
2007-03-04 14:48:56 · answer #7 · answered by swindled 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the cannanites were said to do that. i think some others was well.
2007-03-04 14:47:31 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Noone did.
2007-03-04 14:47:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
None.
2007-03-04 14:45:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋