...trying to trick him? The girl in Pan's Labyrinth knew better...
2007-06-15 09:42:14 · 11 answers · asked by dissolute_chemical 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No he didn't think his son would be safe, helen, that's completely fabricated.
2007-06-15 09:47:18 · update #1
Abraham did NOT know that God would withdraw his order. There would have been NO POINT if he had known! The idea is that his faith was tested so that it would grow stronger.
The idea is that obedience to God is greater than God's own given morality. Horrible, isn't it? I guess the logic is that, since God is the source of morality (I guess morality is determined by your punishment, i.e. the end justifies the means), we cannot question the righteousness of his commands. Perhaps he has a good reason for asking. After all, he is an infinite, perfect being, and we cannot understand that. The Bible itself says God's ways are not our ways. Unfortunately, with this logic, anything can be justified if God gives the order.
I'd be terrified if I believed in God.
2007-06-15 09:48:43 · answer #1 · answered by Skye 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our understanding as to why Abraham was about to kill his innocent son comes from years of a theology which did not know the customs of the ancients. It was a custom of the society that Abraham lived in, that offered the first born sons of man and beast to the gods in the hope that the gods would be happy with this great sacrifice and reward the person with more sons. It was a physical proof that the individuals truly believed in these gods.
Abraham's God did not want human sacrifice. The real test here was Abraham realizing this and not sacrificing his son. He had to return home with his son and explain to the neighbors why his God did not want human sacrifice.
2007-06-15 16:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mary W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact that Abraham didn't even question God and was prepared to kill a boy in his name, really highlights the violent nature of God.
Abraham was sad about having to kill Issiac but didn't think for a second that the act was not a part of God's will. So he knew God could be cruel in his requests.
2007-06-15 16:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If a wise man knows a tree by its fruit, then yes, Abraham should have refused to obey an immoral command and shunned the kind of being who would ask him to murder an innocent. It's a story about blind faith. In my view, blind faith is never a good thing.
2007-06-15 17:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, because God let him know that it was Him in a way that Satan could not. Satan could not have done that, and God would not have let him. The guy in Pan's labrynth didn't make any such claim, and to be honest, he looked a little evil to me. I wouldn't have trusted him on anything.
2007-06-15 16:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Thom 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People in that region sacrificed their children to their Gods all the time.
Abraham would have thought nothing of it.
Plus, how ridiculous is it that the story presents us with some God figure who is apparently present and audible?
2007-06-15 16:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know how people can think it's just to abandon morality in lieu of blind obedience.
I guess the Nazis were just following orders too eh
2007-06-15 16:51:44 · answer #7 · answered by mark r 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know nothing about the Bible. Abraham knew God.
2007-06-15 16:45:30 · answer #8 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Abraham had faith in God that God was not going to let him kill his son.
2007-06-15 16:47:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Abraham knew that his son was going to be safe. He was right.
2007-06-15 16:45:04 · answer #10 · answered by BaC Helen 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋