2007-05-13 14:00:18 · 6 answers · asked by the_poop_tree 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it happened in the bible people, I just want to know would you have done the same as Abraham.
2007-05-16 12:46:10 · update #1
Ok, it seem as though you are still not getting it, I'm asking about God asking you right here right now in 2007 not the past not about other Holy text. If God asked you to kill your only child today in 2007 would you?
2007-05-19 14:06:02 · update #2
Yes, if God told me to I would, it'd be the hardest thing I'd ever have to do. But since God's the one telling me to do it I would.
2007-05-20 11:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jenn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Context. Context. Context.
Abraham lived hundreds of years before the Ten Commandments were given to Moses and the Jewish people.
Abraham lived in a society where human sacrifice and child sacrifice was the normal thing to do.
God was just beginning to reveal himself to mankind and Abraham did not have the Bible or much of anything else to go on.
Abraham knew that his son was a gift from God. If God demanded that Abraham kill the son, then Abraham, although it probably broke his heart, would do it.
Under the same circumstances (context) would we be able to follow God's will?
Under the much easier circumstances that we live in today, can we follow God's will as Jesus revealed it to us?
With the Ten Commandments, the Prophets, and especially Jesus Christ as part of our current circumstances (context), God would not put us to this test.
But we do have similar issues to tackle, like abortion where we kill our children who are miraculous gifts from God just like Isaac was to Abraham.
In abortion we sacrifice our children to the gods of lust, convenience, economy, and selfishness.
With love in Christ.
2007-05-17 23:50:55 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read Surah 14 - Ibrahim ABRAHAM from the Holy Quran
http://www.jannah.org/qurantrans/quran14.html
2007-05-18 10:47:28 · answer #3 · answered by juan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is not relevant to this day and time. GOD had to know Abraham's heart. In Abraham was the future of a race He needed for His Son to come and ransom the earth by blood. He knew if Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son and have him raised up, (Abraham saw his son raised up in a vision), then GOD knew He had to sacrifice His only son, Jesus, for mankind to be reconciled to GOD. GOD had to honor His blood covenant with Abraham.
2007-05-20 19:46:52 · answer #4 · answered by mae m. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I buy into the idea that god existed and could come to me and ask that, I would still tell him to shove it. Any father who would kill his son rather than die trying to save him from a homicidal maniac like Yahweh doesn't deserve any cards on Father's Day.
2007-05-14 23:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not think I could.
2007-05-15 09:49:37 · answer #6 · answered by gerafalop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋